Word: stops
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Hanoi's vaguely pacific and calculatedly public overtures were followed by a propaganda barrage, emanating mostly from Russia and Eastern Europe, aimed at convincing Washington that Hanoi, like Barkis, was willing. At home, the echoes from this campaign could be heard in various appeals to the President to stop the bombing. They came from a group of 28 prominent clergymen, from 400 former Peace Corpsmen, from thousands of "peace fasters" in 200 cities who restricted themselves to diets of rice and liquids for three days...
...antidote to what he regarded as an outbreak of peace fever, the President prescribed a dose of Dean Rusk pragmatism. During a press conference, Rusk restated the U.S. position that "you can't stop this war simply by stopping a half of it." It was not a crowd-pleasing role for Rusk: some newsmen had arrived hoping for news of an important move toward peace. But the Secretary carried it off with characteristic calm and clarity...
...Brooke quizzed Dean Rusk insistently about continued U.S. bombing raids in North Viet Nam. As he said on a Meet the Press panel recently, Brooke feels the bombing strategy should be "reassessed" because he does not believe the raids have "served the purpose for which they were intended," to stop enemy infiltration...
Four scientists--three of them from Harvard--yesterday presented a letter to the White House asking President Johnson to stop using chemical weapons in Vietnam, and to declare that the U.S. will not initiate the use of biological weapons...
...Rembrandt's reputation as the master of print-making. The etching of Rembrandt's Mother, one of the best prints on display, demonstrates the scribbling, playful quality of line in Rembrandt's early etchings, as well as his superb control. In short, the print galleries are a necessary stop for the edified but somewhat disappointed gallerygoer who has just seen the Age of Rembrandt upstairs...