Word: targeted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Lyndon Johnson, who has been the target of much of the protest, issued an unwontedly graceful statement allowing that dissent was a sign of political vigor and would help establish that the basic U.S. policy in Viet Nam had been framed and tested in a climate of "free discussion and openness." The President, while emphatically affirming the right to protest, reminded the protesters that their efforts could only strengthen the conviction in Hanoi and Peking that the U.S. is so riven by internal dissension that in time it would be forced to quit the war. "The fact remains," Johnson said...
This harsh and sarcastic message from France's Socialists appeared last week on auto windshields across the nation, and nobody doubted for a minute who was the target. It was that well-known septuagenarian Charles de Gaulle, who faced an increasingly critical electorate for a second term as President of France. The satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaine portrayed the general alongside the outmoded French "75" cannon of World...
...power runner, Grabowski broke Red Grange's 40-year-old school ground-gaining record at Illinois. That was enough to make him the A.F.L.'s No. 1 draft choice. The consensus: "The top ball carrier in the Big Ten. Durable, never gets hurt. Has been the primary target of every team he has faced in the last two years, but still crunches out the yardage...
...ENDS: Bill Yearby, 21, Michigan, 6 ft. 3 in., 230 lbs., and Aaron Brown, 22, Minnesota, 6 ft. 4 in., 241 lbs. Yearby is "a vicious tackier, always on target, always gets his man-and not 5 yds. downfield, like most college kids." Brown, who played one game with his jaw broken and three more with it wired shut, is so good on both offense and defense that the pros are puzzled about where to play him. "If he gets his hands on the ball, he'll run over the other team. If he doesn...
...cannot simply increase his speed to catch up with it. Increased speed will put him into a higher orbit, which will make him fall farther behind. To overtake his Gemini capsule, he will have to fire his downward and forward thrusters alternately until he edges close to his target...