Word: silent
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...effective is the U.S.'s monthold choke-and-destroy bombing strategy? U.S. air experts pointed to the silent cannon facing Con Thien as one example. The artillery shells that the Communists had been firing at the Marines weigh about 21 Ibs. to 107 Ibs. apiece. If the trains do not run and the trucks cannot pass, shells of that size simply do not find their way south in sufficient numbers to enable the North Vietnamese gunners to match muscle with U.S. Marines...
...threat to Government operations was largely illusory. A temporary compromise was in prospect for this week that would permit bills and payrolls to be met. The real significance of the vote was that it demonstrated the depth of anti-tax feeling in the House. Although Mills was silent, his message was all too loud: the President would have to unlimber his blue pencil...
...order to gain access to the President's inner thoughts, however, the Faculty members have decided to pay the price of giving their community the silent treatment. Their unfortunate decision to emulate Mr. Johnson's notorious behavior suggests that their objections to the war are hardly as serious or sincere as they would have us believe...
When the guns fall silent, Nigeria's economy will be shattered; its people will be embittered by tribal war; and it will face substantially the same problems it confronted a year ago. "Nigeria is Africa," says Kilson. "That's what so frightening...
...Bourguiba's admiring silent partner, the U.S. gives more per capita assistance to Tunisia (pop. 4,460,000) than to any other African state. This fiscal year American aid will reach $62 million-mostly in Food for Peace. Though politically pro-West, Bourguiba also welcomes Communist aid: the Russians are building Tunisia's first institute of technology, and the Bulgarians financed a gleaming new 70,000-seat sport stadium outside Tunis. Bourguiba has not been so lucky with all Communists. After he allowed four Chinese sports instructors in to teach young Tunisians pingpong, he discovered that they...