Word: stringing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Protective String. The allies look for a series of Communist attempts at "spectaculars" over the coming months, to accompany the peace talks in Paris. They believe that next on the target list is the provincial capital of Kontum in the Central Highlands, where the Communists nearly cut Viet Nam in half just before the U.S. buildup in 1965. Within a month, the U.S. also expects another division-size thrust across the Demilitarized Zone, aimed at the Camp Carroll artillery base and perhaps sliding off toward Khe Sanh again. The allies anticipate more trouble for the Marine base at Danang...
...Communist buildup in the Highlands is already under way, seeping out from Laos toward the string of allied fire bases and such Special Forces camps as Dak To, where some of the bloodiest fighting of the war took place last fall. Moving in bad weather, North Vietnamese are filtering along the mountain ridges and positioning themselves close to Route 14, along which most of the 250,000 people in the Highlands live. Their aim is to capture Kontum and hold it for at least a while, thus scoring a propaganda victory; but they cannot begin to do that until they...
...praised Dunphy's "coolness under fire." But, Danehy said, "Because Ralph doesn't have a string of degrees after his name, because he doesn't come from Albequerque, he isn't the fashionable...
Humphrey suffered no direct damage in Indiana and was only nicked in Washington, but he stands to lose considerably if Kennedy runs a string of primary victories that crush McCarthy's candidacy soon. Humphrey's standing above the primaries while Kennedy and McCarthy slug it out is sound strategy only so long as McCarthy keeps slugging. If McCarthy cannot slow Kennedy's pace, Humphrey will have to fight more vigorously to pick up delegates in the nonprimary states and to maintain a creditable standing in public-opinion polls. The Vice President began testing a rhetorical weapon last...
...RADCLIFFE Orchestra was in top form for its final concert last Saturday evening. If the group has been noticeably under the weather in past appearances this year, especially since the departure of permanent conductor James Yannatos, it is now on the way toward a total recovery. Appearing with a string section pared down to the absolute minimum, the orchestra seems to have reached a solid foundation on which to begin reconstruction. Next year, if full size can be reached without diluting present competence, the orchestra should be prepared to indulge all but the wildest programming whims...