Word: seek
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...repeatedly urged a supervised, phased withdrawal of "all external forces." On Thant's third point, inclusion of the Viet Cong in peace negotiations, the U.S. ambassador noted that this was not, in President Johnson's words, "an insurmountable problem." The U.S., said Goldberg, does not "seek to exclude any segment of the South Vietnamese people from peaceful participation in their country's future." A key word here was "peaceful...
...persistently appeal "to one side to stop, while encouraging the other." Denying that the U.S. is engaged in a "holy war against Communism," Goldberg disclaimed any American interest in establishing a "sphere of influence" in Asia. "We want a political solution, not a military solution," he declared. "We seek to assure for the people of South Viet Nam the same right of self-determination-to decide their own political destiny, free of force -that the United Nations Charter affirms...
...Confii Guide offers this choice caveat as a description: "Few students seek academic credit for sadism, but for those who do, there is always...
...Program for Science in Harvard College will not take a back seat to the International Studies Drive, according to President Pusey. Arthur D. Trottenberg, assistant dean of the Faculty for planning and resources, said the two drives seek "different sources, different people...
...produced for less than $100,000 by a 30-year-old TV producer named John Korty, Crazy Quilt is an almost perfect little film that says something both funny and profound about one of life's larger ironies: the painful and yet wonderful difference between what people seek in the world and what they find...