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...incident was so convenient for the prosecution that it prompted speculation-so far unconfirmed -that the Yugoslav secret police, who have heavily infiltrated the Ustaše, may have lured the invaders into staging the raid. But the more serious question was whether the attack was a reckless, one-shot adventure or whether it marked the start of a new, concerted campaign of Ustaše terrorism within Yugoslavia...
...directors, some of Europe's best, almost gush when they talk about her. "Dominique has charm and allure that are outside of our time today," says Bernardo Bertolucci, who directed her in The Conformist. He compares her to F. Scott Fitzgerald heroines, who destroyed men with their reckless charm...
...Boston-area professors held their own march to the JFK Building. "I once told Dr. Martin Luther King that I could do anything but march," John Kenneth Galbraith. Warburg Professor of Economics and one of the march organizers, explained. "It really has not been my style, but Nixon's reckless action warrants a stronger reaction." Laurence Wylie, Dillon Professor of the Civilization of France, was also marching for the first time. "We are distressed, cynical and just a little beaten by the continuing Vietnam issue," he said...
...Boston-area professors held their own march to the JFK Building. "I once told Dr. Martin Luther King that I could do anything but march," John Kenneth Galbraith, Warburg Professor of Economics and one of the march organizers, explained. "It really has not been my style, but Nixon's reckless action warrants a stronger reaction." Laurence Wylie, Dillon Professor of the Civilization of France, was also marching for the first time. "We are distressed, cynical and just a little beaten by the continuing Vietnam issue," he said...
...year there has been no rotation to rest areas, and units are receiving replacement troops right on the battlefield. At times, Giap's commanders have let 3,000-man regiments fight down to 400 or 500 men before pulling them back to refit. Giap, moreover, has been uncharacteristically reckless in his use of tanks. A U.S. officer in Saigon who saw tank duty in World War II says: "I never saw the Germans or ourselves expend armor at a rate comparable to the North Vietnamese. Last week they moved 25 tanks east of Quang Tri in broad daylight...