Word: terrorism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...people of South Viet Nam have fought for many long years. Thousands of them have died. Thousands more have been crippled and scarred by war. And we just cannot now dishonor our word, or abandon our commitment, or leave those who believed us and who trusted us to the terror and repression and murder that would follow...
...months ago. The size of the Viet Cong forces has increased; their rate of operations and the intensity of their attacks have been expanded; their disruption of the lines of communication, both rail and sea and road, is much more extensive; and they have intensified their campaign of terror against the civilian population." He might have added that there is general recognition that even in the last few months the U.S. has made errors in Viet Nam that have resulted in the Viet Cong's gaining territory from which it may be difficult to dislodge them for a long...
...PAWNBROKER. A troubled old Jew measures his memories of Nazi terror against the realities of life in Spanish Harlem. Rod Steiger's performance in the title role adds authority to a grim theme...
...disastrous and seemingly endless war has disrupted South Viet Nam's fragile economy, it has increased the business of at least one company: the government-controlled commercial airline, Air Viet Nam. More and more Vietnamese travel or send their goods by air in order to avoid Viet Cong terror on roads and railroads...
...comic dialogues are so overplayed that one can almost forget that these two men are professional killers. Ben's and Gus's response to the messages from the dumb waiter is so funny that one forgets that these strange messages are baffling and terrifying. And without this sense of terror, Pinter loses much of his uniqueness among modern dramatists...