Word: tactically
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most definitely not a search-and-destroy strategy, and it is unfortunate that it has been so characterized by some. Search and destroy is merely an abbreviated version of a time-honored infantry mission: "Find, fix, fight and destroy the enemy." It is not a strategy or a tactic; it is a mission. Our military strategy in Viet Nam has had three objectives: 1) provide protection for allied bases, 2) provide security for as much of the population as possible and 3) destroy the enemy armed forces...
...policy-maker has yet formulated any coherent negotiating platform for the coming talks. This may be a bargaining tactic, aimed at leaving U.S. diplomats elbow room at the negotiating table. But it seems more likely that U.S. policy-makers have simply failed to confront the central issues. Poor planning took its propaganda toll last month as the Johnson Administration, failing to consider the implications of its rhetoric, promised to meet "anywhere, anyplace" with Communist negotiators, and then reneged on the promise...
While the decision was popular, it set a dangerous precedent. What, for example, is to prevent Egypt and its friends from attempting the same tactic to force the expulsion of Israel? And the people most sorely hurt by the I.O.C. action are South Africa's athletes. For Sprinter Paul Nash, who last month tied the 100-meter world record four times in eight days, or for Swimmer Karen Muir, the world's No. 1 backstroker, it means losing a crack at Olympic gold medals. Both Nash and Muir are white. For the blacks on South Africa...
...REVEREND believes the "Civil Rights Movement" per se is over in the sense that the demonstrations of the early 60's are no longer a viable tactic. "Sit-ins and boycotts were versatile within a limited area," he says, but now blacks must realize this is not the best way to bring pressure on the white policy-makers. The problems, he repeats, have changed, and are larger than a discriminating restaurateur or busline...
...quiet but drastic moves as a necessary antidote to the grandiose, 22-year misrule of Sukarno. Initially diffident even about accepting the title of Acting President, Suharto finally decided that he needed the full title to give him the authority necessary to make reforms. Once decided, he used every tactic he could to get the title-including packing the assembly by replacing 200 old members and creating 102 new ones. The stratagem worked, but not without a few hitches; assemblymen refused to give their unanimous vote until Suharto promised to call legislative elections within three years and take steps...