Word: reassess
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Last week in Toledo, the Vice President promised that, if elected, he would "reassess the Viet Nam situation in light of the assistance that is required from the U.S." As the South Vietnamese army improved, he added, he would "move toward a systematic reduction in American troops." The pledge was hardly startling, since that has been the Pentagon's goal for some time...
...that they have separated themselves from God's love." Conscientious objectors to Humanae Vitae may continue to receive Communion without confessing that they practice contraception. The only conditions are that they keep their decision to themselves, refrain "from sowing confusion in the ranks of the faithful," and continually reassess the moral propriety of their course...
...part, Hubert Humphrey retired to his home in Waverly, Minn., to "put in fence posts and mow the lawn," and also to reassess the new political horizon. That reappraisal, if some of Robert Kennedy's top aides have their way, will force Humphrey closer to the late Senator's position on Viet Nam, and may even persuade the Vice President that he should ballast his ticket with Ted Kennedy. In fact, the surviving brother is known to be high on Humphrey's list of running mates, along with Senators Fred Harris of Oklahoma and Edmund Muskie...
...eight-minute speech, Papandreou, who was Premier in 1963-65, called on the free world to boycott the junta so that "it will be worthy of the name." At home, he called on the Greek army to reassess its own support of the junta in light of the fact that the ruling colonels had produced no proof of a planned Communist takeover, their rationalization for seizing power. Under Greece's stern martial law, Papandreou's blast was tantamount to treason, but the junta took no further action against him for the time being, ridiculing his statement...
...needs similar professional forces-possibly organized by the states, but more probably a federal force deployed in various urban areas-able to move swiftly and break up riots with minimal violence. "Americans have never liked to garrison troops in the central city," warned Wilson, "but we may have to reassess this position...