Word: sufferance
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...three. First, they tell us that if South Vietnam falls, soon the rest of Southeast Asia will fall to the Chinese Communists. Second, if South Vietnam falls, those Communists who advocate the use of force to extend Communism-primarily the Chinese-would be strengthened. Third, American prestige would suffer a serious blow if we leave South Vietnam...
...senior U.S. military adviser to South Vietnamese forces. "The war has quite obviously moved into another stage," said Westmoreland in visible relief. "Now the rules of war have changed, and policymakers in Hanoi are confronted with the necessity of balancing their resources against the damage they may suffer. They've got to take a look down that long road and decide whether they really want what lies ahead for them if they persist in past policies...
...local judges: "Fair, objective and rational criticism of the court, as of all courts, is not only healthy and to be commended but also to be continued. When criticism, however, not based on rational or reasonable bases becomes solely vitriolic and emotional, then all courts are bound to suffer in the consequent loss of respect, prestige and the confidence of citizens...
...Gazette de Lausanne pointed out that the foreigners are in Switzerland in large part because the Swiss want somebody else to do the "servile or dirty work, and prefer white-collar and clean-hand jobs," and, if the foreigners are expelled, the Swiss will be the first to suffer. Syndicalisme blasted the ousters as "Helvetic Goldwaterism...
...Khrushchev was apparently attracted by Lysenko's rustic methods, and as his personal power grew, he raised Lysenko step by step, put him back in the Institute of Genetics and permitted him to bring many of his followers back into favor. Russian science continued to suffer from his political influence...