Word: relaxing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...field of battle, the cost had been catastrophic. The South Vietnamese lost only five dead and 29 wounded. Estimates of Viet Cong casualties were over 200. Though U.S. Viet Nam military chief Lieut. General William Westmoreland flew in especially to congratulate the troops, Colonel Call had little reason to relax. Intelligence reports said that the Viet Cong of Tayninh, aided by a long border with Cambodia, were for the first time building up to division strength, and were even equipped with artillery. "I've seen them," said one U.S. adviser, who had also spotted up-to-date road-building...
...Murayama that any verdict was bound to go against her, the judge directed both sides to work out an amicable settlement. That meant that the five directors would stay. It also meant an end to Ofuji's meddling. And it probably meant that old Ryohei Murayama could relax at last with his ancestors...
...most emotional issue involves not money but working conditions. Specifically, the unionists want more free time to escape from the noise, perhaps go to the toilet or relax over a cup of coffee. In most plants, auto workers can leave the production line only for their 30-minute unpaid lunch break and two twelve-minute paid periods during the eight-hour shift. Now the union wants to shut down the assembly lines for at least 15 minutes during each shift-making a total of 39 minutes' released time. Says U.A.W. Vice President Leonard Woodcock, who will conduct most...
...coalition government would continue-though slightly enlarged and altered to meet the rightist demands for "greater stability." He did not explain just what alterations he had in mind. That decision having been reached, Kouprasith gulped a sleeping pill, and Siho went off to the Green Latrine nightclub to relax with a pair of lissome chippies...
After a rough but remarkably successful legislative session, Pennsylvania's Republican Governor William W. Scranton, 46, flew to his vacation abode at Hobe Sound, Fla. He spent a couple of weeks playing tennis, reading books (17 in all) and trying to relax. He also dropped in on some old friends in the neighborhood, but after a few such visits his rest was almost ruined. Repeatedly, Scranton was given a sly wink, told what a cagey fellow he was to pretend that he didn't really want the 1964 G.O.P, presidential nomination, and assured that his political strategy...