Word: roote
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Director Brook explains that he is not taking sides on the morality of the war. His concern, he says, is for the Englishmen whose life is ipso facto affected by U.S. foreign policy. "Here you have the basic conflict that is at the root of all drama. The Englishman is concerned about Viet Nam - and that is a lie, because he isn't. And he's not concerned about Viet Nam - and that is a lie, because he is." How the Englishmen felt about US, however, was not quite so ambiguous. The first-night audience responded with...
...those Reds! Destroy them root and branch...
...root, as usual, was the tribal rivalry that has been tearing the nation apart all year. The men of the 5th are mostly Hausas of the Moslem North, which has been carrying on a vendetta against the thousands of Christian Ibos who have come from the Eastern Region to live. Aroused by reports that Hausas had been mistreated in the East, the soldiers surged out of their barracks to exact vengeance. They...
...great deal for the voters. He has pushed through Congress a remarkable amount of valuable legislation and, despite his foot-dragging on inflation, will still preside over a thriving economy. And, as the year's primary elections have shown, no anti-Administration issues have tak en deep root. Nonetheless, if Lyndon Johnson truly aims-as he surely does -to continue as an effective President, he cannot do so without re-establishing his credibility with his constituents...
Youth on His Side. Provincial and local party headquarters have, in fact, been a major target for Red Guard fury. Apparently Mao wanted to root out a lack of zeal at the local party level. But, according to reports from China, Mao had an even more compelling reason to call the Guards: he was in trouble...