Word: targeted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first advised the President on U.S. needs in space, it proposed a wide range of space research and development. Kennedy expressed his support for such general technological research, but wondered how to get Congressional approval of such large Budget requests. The Space Council suggested focusing development on any "arbitrary target"--such as the moon or a manned space station--as a way of simplifying the program in the eyes of Congress and the public. The President agreed, made space research a matter of national prestige, and received all the funds he wanted...
Truckloads of red-kerchiefed, insurgent marines were already racing toward the heart of Saigon. A primary target was police headquarters, where some troops surrounded the building while others rushed inside to put pro-Diem officials under arrest. Other groups of troops showed up at navy headquarters, on the banks of the Saigon River, and at the telegraph office and radio station...
There was little threat to U.S. lives; no American was even injured in the Saigon fighting. In fact, for all the flying lead, it was reported that only 100 Vietnamese lost their lives in the 17 hours of battle. As the afternoon wore on, one rebel bomber missed his target with a rocket that exploded on the building where a group of U.S. marines live; a hole blasted in the building merely freed one marine's pet boa constrictor...
Musical Interludes. With the coming of dark, a grey drizzle began to fall over the city, and the coup leaders moved in toward the most important target of all-the big Gia Long palace, sheltering Diem, his brother Nhu, and aides. Periodically, Diem's own voice blared out from loudspeakers in the palace grounds, exhorting loyal troops to keep up the fight. "We shall not give in," he cried, his messages interspersed with patches of martial music. Then an eerie silence fell over the huge estate with its seven-foot high fences topped by barbed wire. The rebels were...