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...proposal for a military settlement, involving a cease-fire in place and a unilateral U.S. withdrawal in return for the release of American prisoners of war, because that would not settle the central question-control of South Viet Nam following a ceasefire. Hanoi wants Washington to get rid of South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu as a condition for a settlement. Washington in turn is seeking a formula that would permit the U.S. to withdraw militarily while leaving the political settlement to Saigon and Hanoi. In other words, the U.S. would be willing to leave things so that Hanoi...
...about getting into college," Dustin Hoffman confessed in The Graduate. A Columbia University psychiatrist reports that students come to him to find out what is wrong with them if they are not having intercourse. "My virginity was such a burden to me that I just went out to get rid of it," a junior at the University of Vermont revealed to a Boston sex counselor. "On a trip to Greece, I found any old Greek and did it so it wouldn't be an issue any more...
...which from females. No more. "At last, both young men and women are beginning to express their sexuality without regard to stereotypes," Sarrel declares with satisfaction. "We're getting rid of the idea that sex is something men do to women." As Jonathan Goodman, 17, of Newton High remarks, "I'd probably want to talk it over with a girl, rather than just let it happen. Her reasons for doing it or not doing it would be as important as mine...
...seminar on war crimes and thinking "that I was the only person present who was a potential defendant." It is difficult to take this possibility seriously. Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon papers for what he feels is the good of the country; he may also have been trying to rid himself of what he sees as a damned spot. But his view is too schematic and bears the cold stamp of the think tank. His being a war criminal could well be just another option in a complex psychological scenario...
...private plane for a brief vacation. "I don't know about the plane," he said. "Suppose the Russians ... like, did something to the motor or something. I mean, people don't realize how important chess is to their image. They'd really like to get rid...