Word: risks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...effort. He would be the first to agree with Admiral Moorer's statement that "this war is being fought by a very few dedicated, hard-working people in a peace time atmosphere." On the ground, at sea and in the air, those dedicated people daily risk the ultimate sacrifice (see casualty box, p. 25). In the experiences and attitudes of a few can be told the story of most...
...window to peace is still open," vowed once more that unless and until South Viet Nam's independence and sovereignty are assured, there "is no human power capable of forcing us from Viet Nam. We will remain as long as necessary, with the might required, whatever the risk and whatever the cost...
...know I run the risk of heresy, but may I ask Mr. T. C. Horne what the so-called behaviorist school of political science has to offer to human learning...
...their "Thoreau Walk," some of them will risk arrest by publicly refusing to pay their taxes for this year...
...spite of the efforts of the Group Theatre in the 1930's, the hit mentality and star system continued to govern Broadway. Rising costs increased the risk of producing a Broadway show and decreased the number of successful (profitable) ventures. Shows in the fifties had to be bigger money-makers than before to cover their expenses, and to insure large audiences producers would seek out more popular stars (regardless of whether or not they could act). Despite this subservience to popular taste, profits declined as costs rose still more, tickets became more expensive, and New York theatre attendance dropped...