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...tribes resent the more affluent Lao and with some reason, since virtually none of the $300 million in U.S. aid has ever trickled out of the pockets of the Vientiane politicians and into the poorer sections. The Pathet Lao Communists have played shrewdly on these feelings, have won much support by promising tribal autonomy when they take over the country (after which they will, of course, revoke the autonomy). Though their leaders are mostly dedicated Communists, the Pathet Lao have generally avoided terror tactics, and even share the general Laotian proclivity for rice-wine bouts and fertility festivals. They have...
...lure, Kennedy decided that Republican Dillon was his man, and went after him personally. Once last week the President-elect went to the length of going secretly to Dillon's Washington home. Dillon accepted only after checking Dwight Eisenhower and Dick Nixon to make sure they would not resent his decision...
...Department recently stated that 47% of the British people believe we should not commit ourselves to either America or Russia. My response to this is: Are we out of our tiny island minds? America has bailed out the free world since the war with billions of dollars. Many people resent her generosity; but at least let us not impugn her good intentions...
However, we resent bitterly the intimation that members of the armed forces are gloriously high-living freeloaders...
...decision, I don't appreciate it. If you criticize me because you don't like a decision. I don't care for that either. If you criticize me because you think it's bad law, that's fair criticism, and I don't resent...