Word: repairing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hide behind legalisms? The time has come to repair the fabric of our society. One step which will speed that agonizing process would be a Presidential pardon to those who evaded military service. While these individuals have not suffered the fate of prisoners of war in North Vietnam, they are "prisoners of the war" in the sense that they left our country to avoid participation in a war started by forces beyond their control...
...pledges to aid in reconstruction efforts, specifically in North Viet Nam, and also throughout Indochina, to repair war damage...
Traditionally, America has rushed to repair the damage wrought by U.S. aims abroad. Surely, this time, that tradition should encompass aid to the two countries so long besieged: both Viet Nam and the U.S. There is much chance for action at home...
...touted "peace divdend" of cash to solve almost every social need. But peace can bring other dividends, not least a resurgence of energies and concern. Hanoi and Sai gon, for example, are not the only war-wasted cities; there are a score in the U.S. desperately in need of repair. There are still Americans starving, as well as Asians, and still many citizens in need of homes and education and the prospects of hope. These unsatisfied needs cannot be blamed on Viet Nam. If the cries of the needy persist in the '70s there will be a social tragedy...
...churned up by the rover's wire mesh wheels. Cernan tried to reattach the section of fender with gaffer tape. But because of the everpresent, clinging fine-grained lunar dust, it would not stick. As precious minutes ticked away. Mission Control suggested that the astronauts abandon the fender repair work and get on with the more important job of setting up the five ALSEP (Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package) experiments...