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...small way, the fate of South Viet Nam has long hinged on the fortunes of the restless, landless peasants whose rebellion against an intolerable feudal way of life was one of the original causes of the war. In the 1950s, the Viet Cong cut a wide swath through the Vietnamese countryside by importing Ho Chi Minh's formula of routing the landlords and distributing "land to the tiller." Today, the leading advocate of Ho's thesis is none other than President Nguyen Van Thieu...
Over the next three days, the Communists followed up with sapper attacks that crippled two freighters moored near Phnom-Penh's docks and severely damaged an important bridge. But there was no sign that they wanted to take the city, or even to increase the considerable swath of Cambodian territory under their control. What was the point of it all? According to some speculation, the attacks were a counterpoint to the festivities surrounding the second anniversary of the overthrow of Prince Norodom Sihanouk, under whose rule North Vietnamese troops had free use of Cambodia's ports and jungle...
Technically, the 1970 recession ended more than a year ago-but try to tell that to the battle-scarred bosses of many corporations. They are continuing or even tightening the draconian controls on spending that they started during the downswing. And their austerity campaign is cutting a wide swath -from hiring practices to such two-bit matters as engineers' putting tuxedo rentals for professional dinners on their expense accounts. In what could be a permanent, important change in U.S. business, more and more managers have adopted a show-me attitude. They are asking: "Is this expense necessary...
...Social Swath. The Chinese are hardly unhappy about all the attention. Huang Hua is frequently seen around the capital, riding in his chauffeur-driven Mercedes or strolling across Ottawa's Parliament Hill. This week Huang sets out on a week's tour that will take him to all ten of Canada's provinces...
Ottawa's diplomatic social season has barely begun, but the Chinese have already cut a considerable swath. Nearly 400 guests came to an embassy bash last month to meet the ambassador and his petite wife Ho Li-liang, a severely handsome woman in a man-tailored, dark blue suit and glossy black pumps. Two weeks ago, 350 turned out for the embassy's lavish National Day reception...