Word: reliefs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...House side, Wisconsin Republicans Glenn Davis and Vernon Thomson predicted that Westmoreland would be fired by Easter. The general, after four grueling years in Viet Nam, is due for relief, and Johnson does not rule out his return. Nevertheless, the President insisted: "I have no intention of seeing him leave. I have no plan for him to leave...
...roar and whine of bombs and bullets had faded from most other cities before last week's assault. As the toll of the first attack continued to rise day by day-nearly 4,000 civilians dead and another 337,000 made homeless-the allies stepped up relief and rehabilitation efforts while waiting for General Giap's next move...
Although it may be a relief to many institutions of higher learning and their students to end uncertainty about the status of graduate students' deferments under the Selective Service Law of 1967, the announced decision of the National Security Council creates more problems than it solves. In addition to the handicap it places on advanced level education, its implications for the language-trained manpower needs of the nation are alarming. The decision means that most college graduates in 1968 and students ending their first year of graduate school in 1968 will be drafted in the near future...
...held by his friend and disciple, Norman Vincent Peale. Poling also served for a time as head of the J. C. Penney Foundation, which supported such charitable institutions as orphanages and homes for the aged. He also traveled widely through the world on behalf of Christian missions and relief services...
Before Vic and Walter confront each other, a Jewish-dialect comedian totters onto the premises in the form of an 89-year-old furniture appraiser. Gregory Solomon, a kind of pickle-barrel philosopher, is as welcome for comic relief as he is dramatically irrelevant. As he haggles over the value of the furniture, Solomon (Harold Gary) makes wry, mocking comments about the family, marriage, his business competitors, serving as a kind of one-man Yiddish Greek chorus...