Word: risked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...risk and the responsibility for the war were, of course, Lyndon Johnson's. "We will stand in Viet Nam," he said in July. Thereafter, the President moved resolutely to make good that pledge, weathering open criticism from within his own party, strident protest from the Vietnik fringe, and the disapprobation of friendly nations from the Atlantic to the China...
...price of war begins to crimp Great Society programs and boost taxes, Americans may find it harder than ever to accept the long war predicted by the Administration. Military men talk in terms of years, and though other officials insist that "something will give" long before that, few would risk curtailing the U.S. buildup...
...less pleasing today. Where the Communists almost had victory within their grasp last spring, the U.S. now bars the way and stands ready to repel any other attempted aggression. Unless Peking and Hanoi withdraw from South Viet Nam-and lose face throughout Asia-it is the Communists themselves who risk being bogged down in wars that they can neither afford...
Only a few members of the admissions department know who are actually receiving grants from the gamble-fund. The students are told they have normal scholarships from Harvard. "Obviously you don't write a boy and say 'Congratulations, you're a terrible risk,'" explains Peter Briggs '54, director of Freshman Scholarships...
Despite the expense--and the huge initial risk--the Harvard community may have benefited from the gamble-fund as much as the individual students. First, the experiment has focused attention on aid to the student, particularly scholarship students. "Because of programs like this," Briggs says, "Harvard facilities have become geared to help people." He notes that counseling services have especially improved. As a partial result, the percentage of all scholarship students who stay for four years has increased...