Word: reaction
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...crew had failed to open a valve to the water tank, leaving only the evil tasting liquid in the drinking tube. As on on previous Apollo missions, there were troublesome hydrogen bubbles in the drinking water, which is produced by the fuel cells in the same oxygen-hydrogen reaction that supplies the spacecraft's electricity. The astronauts were forced to take Lomotil, a medicine for taking the butterflies out of unsettled stomachs...
...Orders. The reaction in Washington came quickly. Mindful of similar assaults in the past-when hills were taken at high cost and then quickly abandoned-Senator Edward Kennedy charged that it was "both senseless and irresponsible to continue to send our young men to their deaths to capture hills and positions that have no relation to this conflict." After initial hesitation, the Army fought back, describing the battle as a "tremendous, gallant victory." Major General Melvin Zais, commander of the 101st, observed that "the only significance of Hill 937 was the fact that there were North Vietnamese...
...time of the bombing halt, to exert "maximum pressure" on their foe-part of the U.S. version of "fight and talk." Nixon, like Lyndon Johnson before him, probably feels that lack of such pressure could erode the allied negotiating position in Paris. But the war and domestic reaction to it have gone far beyond purely military considerations now, and the battle of Ap Bia raises the question of whether or not the U.S. should try to scale down the fighting by rescinding the maximum-pressure order. The Communists might follow suit and U.S. casualties might be reduced...
...South; during that time, they have suffered an estimated 150,000 to 200,000 battle deaths. Yet the Hanoi regime does not inform parents and wives of the fate of their dead sons and husbands. Possibly Hanoi's silence on the subject indicates that the government fears popular reaction to the big losses. On the other hand, the regime's behavior may simply indicate that it does not have to take public opinion into consideration...
Stanford Provost Richard W. Lyman said in a statement yesterday afternoon, "It is important that we avoid precipitous reaction and make every effort to curb the rumors which are bound to occur. Apparently, none of the individuals have been subpoenaed, and so far as we can tell, the information requested is of a limited nature...