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Word: thinknig (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sequence as if you were present: the selection of the uninteresting, solitary boy; the logic of it; the low-whispered plotting; the appointment of the assassin; the blow; the raising of the shirt and the surprise. But then what? What, in fact, were those men thinknig that held them back from murder? Mere pity? Or was it the recognition of Pham's tears as their own, the knowledge that the boy was not weeping to save his own skin, but theirs, that he was weeping for all those who did ever, or will ever, or do now devour their young...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vietnam: We Go Together in One Boat | 1/11/1982 | See Source »

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