Word: skirmishes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most Americans. But it is not unthinkable, if only because it may be necessary to meet the basic U.S. commitment. One of the Johnson Administration's major problems has been the average American's notion that the war in South Viet Nam is little more than a skirmish between opposing Asians. President Johnson is in the process of dispelling that notion by sending more and more American men to do more and more fighting there. Such deepening involvement calls for results beyond stalemate. Thus, the President's problem in the months to come will...
...beached. That was enemy territory, defended by a cannon, spiked clubs, small arms, and a force of strikers 10,000 strong. Hostilities began at once. One fusillade from the barges dropped 30 defenders, but not one Pinkerton got ashore. Homestead's striking mill hands had won the opening skirmish of a labor war that killed 35 and injured...
Reminder. Happily, the commission prevented such lapses in last week's Appomattox ceremonies, much to the dismay of an outfit called the North-South Skirmish Association, which sent 42 costumed emissaries. Instead of shenanigans, there was a band concert and an address by Virginia's Governor Atbertis Harrison Jr. Senator Harry F. Byrd was present, and so were Lee's great-grandson, Robert E. Lee IV, 40, national advertising manager of the San Francisco Chronicle, and Grant's grandson, retired Army Major General Ulysses S. Grant...
...however, the English marched north under Edward II to make an end of the wild laird they called "King Hob"-the royal yokel. The armies met at Bannockburn, a village before Stirling Castle. In the opening skirmish, King Robert was caught alone in an open strath, by an English knight who leveled his lance and charged in for the kill. As the Scottish host stared stupefied, Bruce lightly eluded the lance and then brought his battle-axe down with such force that the English knight was split from skull to saddle...
...wearisome repetition and by a climactic confused sea battle between miniature U.S. and Japanese fleets. But even toy battleships do not seriously impede the progress of a slick, fast-moving entertainment aswarm with characters who seem quick-witted, courageous, and just enough larger than life to justify another skirmish in the tired old Pacific...