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Earlier in the day, before arresting the occupants of the Union, police used mace to repel a group of students attempting to join those still inside the building. One policeman was reportedly injured by a brick during the incident...
...FAILED logic of Nixon's Vietnamization policy can now be measured by his newest campaigns against North Vietnam. If the Thieu government had the legitimacy or the strength to repel the offensive, these campaigns would not be necessary. How far will the United States now go to maintain a regime that cannot stand...
...dogs," but the children managed to demolish them.anyway. The platoon leader, a 30-year-old factory worker named Kung Wei-kuo, explained that the training was "entirely defensive. We want to mobilize our country old and young. We would not attack first, but we are ready to mobilize to repel any intruders." But who? Americans? Russians? Japanese? Said Kung: "We have to let history tell...
...some what loony martinet. If that version is far closer to truth, it somehow discourages reflection upon the captain's tortuous character. Mixed in with the sheer fudge and swashbuckle, there was in Arnheiter the pathetic likeness of an honorable inspiration: drilling the crew in riflery to repel prospective boarders, trying to lay on the young seamen some sort of religious inspiration, holding sessions about the strategic purpose of the war. The disobeying of orders to get near the enemy, too - how often have such devices been tried, and forgiven afterward when they were successful, by such naval heroes...
Both men would like to see multilateral agencies lift some of the financial burden from the sweating shoulders of the American colossus. However, the distasteful political system they posit will repel most nations. Smithies' plan takes that into account. "The most suitable multinational arrangement would be a consortium (including) the U.S., Japan, Australia, Thailand, New Zealand, Korea and the Philippines," he writes. "But the club should not be exclusive. Canada, for instance, should be included...