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...since last March. Asked if he would welcome the return of U.S. ground troops, Lon Nol replied, "No, not yet-not as long as the war is going no worse than it is." So far, he sees no indication that the enemy has started to rebuild the sanctuaries along the South Viet Nam border. In the event of another buildup, he hopes U.S. troops will return and "destroy the sanctuaries once...
...dehired executive to size up the job market, select companies that might use his services, prepare résumés and develop contacts. THinc. and North also provide extensive personal counseling aimed at getting the executive to assess realistically his strengths and weaknesses and, most important, to rebuild his confidence...
Together with Architect I.M. Pei, he helped rebuild whole sections of Denver and Dallas. The two men were also prime movers in the renovation of southwest Washington, D.C., which began in the early 50s, and in the planning and building of the imposing Place Ville-Marie in Montreal. Zeckendorf devotes a major part of his book to detailing each venture. Outer leases, inner leases, sandwich leases, varieties of mortgages and credit, fees simple and not so simple-all are juggled so adeptly that even if the layman doesn't fully understand them, he is dazzled by the performance...
...government is also gaining support in rural areas. As Thieu told TIME last week: "I think the countryman has more confidence in us today. The Viet Cong are now trying to rebuild their strength in the countryside, but it is too late." Last week Thieu handed out the first titles under a 2.5 million-acre land-reform program designed to gain peasant support...
...order much better. In fact, some of the more conservative Republicans have exaggerated and exploited the issue. But the Republicans, say Scammon and Wattenberg, have been much less perceptive in other areas, notably Middle America's acceptance of Medicare, federal aid to education, the need to rebuild cities and to face up to problems of race...