Word: silent
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...military and to other regional powers besides himself-could easily rip. Fiery Neutralist General Kong Le, who fled Laos after a dustup over dragons' eggs (TIME, Oct. 21), was in Indonesia and uneasily noncommittal. Army Commander Kouprasith, who has his own ambitions for Laos, was enigmatically silent. A lot would depend on how Souvanna Phouma and the new Assembly get along together after it convenes in early February...
That was written 15 years ago when we were examining the "silent" generation. Today the young are anything but silent. Americans under 25, who will soon outnumber their elders, exhibit many features, make many statements, suggest many pictures, often conflicting-they are well-educated, affluent, rebellious, responsible, pragmatic, idealistic, brave, "alienated," and hopeful. Who they are and what they stand for are the subjects under study...
...Cubby-Hole Enlisted Men's club in Long Binh, 20 miles north of Saigon, about 300 G.I.s were having their spill of beer and good cheer. Suddenly a spotlight pinned an opening door, and out wafted a striking blonde. For a second, the soldiers were dead silent. Then stomping, cheering and pounding on tables, they scrambled over each other to get a better look...
More than 300 doctors, interns, and medical students held a one hour silent vigil yesterday protesting the diversion of funds from vital U.S. health programs for the Vietnam...
...sort of thing," Hart said later, "that you couldn't do in front of a company without destroying a human being. We met in this silent, lonely, dark theater, and I told her, 'Julie, this is stolen time-time I can't really afford. So there can be no time for politeness, and you mustn't take offense, because there aren't any second chances in the theater. There isn't time to sit down and do the whole Actors' Studio bit. We have to start from the first line and go over...