Word: quickly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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From that quick, cunning act came the threat of a second war front in Asia-one which the U.S., hard pressed in Viet Nam, can scarcely afford. Apart from fueling anti-American polemics from Paris to Pyongyang, the incident raised grave questions in the West about the Johnson Administration's ability to prevent or respond effectively to Communist military initiatives in Southeast Asia or beyond...
Even some dissenters from Johnson's Viet Nam policies urged quick retaliation against the North Korean regime. Idaho's dovish Democratic Senator Frank Church called the seizure "an act of war," adding: "The ship must be returned at once, with all Americans aboard. Our national honor is at stake...
Vienna has a habit of giving birth to schools of psychiatry and then putting them up for adoption in other countries. An exception is the latest Viennese system of mind healing called logotherapy, which has won quick acceptance in its native land and is gaining adherents in the U.S. and behind the Iron Curtain...
...Jack be nimble, Jack by quick...
...danger spots-closer to rivers that flood, the edges of islands on the hurricane path, spreading to places not suitable for building, like the favelas on the mountainsides of Rio de Janeiro." Because of Latin America's predilection for disaster, Tripp has stockpiled supplies in Panama for quick transit to the area. "We try to act within the first 24 to 72 hours," he says, realizing that the major diplomatic impact-not to mention the humanitarian aspects-of his coordinating function depends on speed in time of crisis. At that, some countries (including Algeria and Outer Mongolia) have chosen...