Word: settlements
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Midwest Governors Conference in Cincinnati, he told reporters that President Johnson "made a great mistake by getting involved in a large-scale land war" and that "we are in the process of making a second mistake by making it primarily an American war." He proposed "an honorable settlement" but did not suggest how one could be achieved. In fact, he maintained, "I don't think you can bring the North Vietnamese to the bargaining table by showing them they...
...realized it before, Charles de Gaulle learned as much during his Russian tour last week. Admittedly, he was hoping to lay the groundwork for a European settlement. But as he flew to Soviet Asia and announced that he would later visit tiny Cambodia, the war in Viet Nam seemed to be a more urgent topic of conversation. The chief foreign-policy concerns of both America and Russia now lie in Asia. U.S. congressional committees and other forums heatedly debate the stability of Asian regimes, the aspirations of the Mekong Delta peasants, the nature of Buddhism. Understanding Asia has become...
After long debate, the conference vetoed a Danish proposal to use NATO as a springboard for an East-West conference on basic issues that divide Europe. Not that the ministers were opposed to a settlement: they encouraged all "initiatives" of any NATO nation to improve East-West relationships. At the same time, however, even Couve de Murville agreed with Secretary of State Rusk that it is still too early for outright accommodation between the two opposing blocs. There is an obvious interest in moving toward peace with Russia, said Rusk, but "the main ingredient is our own solidarity...
...past two years, challenging the Harvard Cooperative Society's plans for an annex on Palmer Street, he has vanquished or at least equaled every expert sent into the lists to meet him. And he emerged from the fight last week with a $45,000 settlement from the Coop...
...Radcliffe Government Association and Phillips Brooks House begin a service program that will allow participants to enter VISTA or the Peace Corps without going through training. PBH's Social Service Committee, established in 1894, may be abolished; volunteers would work more closely with the staffs of settlement houses. The Harvard-Radcliffe Policy Committee recommends that all students be allowed to take a fifth course in which they would be graded either "passed" or "failed." The Radcliffe Social Rules Committee recommends that some sign-out rules be liberalized and some be made stricter...