Word: sentimentalized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ultimate consequence of Nixon's program of Vietnamization, which has turned over all the ground fighting, and thus nearly all the casualties, to the South Vietnamese army. With the decreasing rate of American casualties and periodic reductions in the number of U.S. troops, Nixon has hoped to quiet antiwar sentiment domestically while preventing the collapse of the Saigon government. Because the South Vietnamese army is clearly unable to bear the brunt of the fighting, as the disastrous results of the invasion of Laos showed last February. Nixon must have U.S. troops to do the job for them. And the only...
...realignment of currencies will solve only part of a larger problem: the future of trade, investment, and defense relationships between the U.S. and Europe. Beginning this month, President Nixon will discuss these issues with other Western leaders, and their bargaining positions will be determined by both fact and sentiment in Europe. TIME European Economic Correspondent Roger Beardwood has sampled the feelings of European finance ministers, central bankers, businessmen, and Common Market commissioners. His report on the issues and arguments, as the Europeans see them...
...kids how to tell time. The Barbie doll is holding her own despite competition from her more glittering sisters who eat, tell time and talk on the telephone. G.I. Joe, a boys' doll that used to be outfitted in military togs, has been redecorated in deference to antiwar sentiment. He now often appears in the garb of an astronaut or aquanaut...
...some extent, the new protectionism reflects the revival of isolationist sentiment; modern protectionists like to portray themselves as champions of a hard-nosed economic nationalism pitted against a fuzzy-minded one-worldism. More specifically, the falling profits and rising jobless rates of the 1970 recession fanned businessmen's and workers' fears of lower-wage foreign competition. There has also been a panicky loss of faith in the ability of American industry to compete in the world, a feeling supported by figures that show a drastic worsening of the American trade position...
Without Obeisance. On another level, Castro had his own purposes to serve. His trip opened a campaign to break down the diplomatic and economic isolation imposed on Cuba, at U.S. insistence, by the Organization of American States in the early 1960s. Nationalism and anti-Yankee sentiment is so high in Latin America that U.S. officials concede privately that Castro may be able to re-establish Cuba's ties to the region on his own terms-meaning without obeisance to the OAS or to Washington. Peru may soon follow Chile in recognizing Havana, and other countries will certainly follow. Eventually...