Word: samenesses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Muted Tone. Many of the Moratorium speakers had proposals of their own. The ideas were not necessarily new, but they stimulated talk and thought. In Lewiston, Me., Senator Edmund Muskie called for a standstill ceasefire, followed by orderly U.S. troop withdrawal. Senator Edward Kennedy muted the tone of his earlier...
The only way out of the Viet Nam impasse, the argument continues, was demonstrated by Charles de Gaulle, who firmly liquidated the French commitment in Algeria, despite all earlier pledges to the contrary. The result was a massive exodus of Frenchmen from Algeria and a temporary loss of national prestige...
At the same time, a mood of disillusionment might overtake the country and prompt a "Fortress America" spirit of isolationism. That prospect worries the non-Communist nations of Asia more than lingering "domino" fears. It is a moot question whether discord and bitterness over withdrawal would be greater than over...
A careful U.S. withdrawal from Viet Nam might well stimulate Asian nations to take some belated measures to shore up their own defenses. Because of Britain's announcement that it would withdraw most of its forces from Southeast Asia in 1971, Singapore and Malaysia were inspired to end their political...
Washington's recent effort to seal the Mexican border against marijuana was only the latest indication of the Government's determination to stamp out grass. But even the Administration's most determined gangbuster, Attorney General John Mitchell, cannot accept the anomaly whereby a second conviction for selling...