Word: three
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Spiro Agnew. Anyone who can put three television networks on the defensive can't be all bad or entirely wrong...
...Nothing like a bottle of Coke half filled with battery acid sold to you by a mama-san, or how about a sandwich with ground glass in it? And that nice little kid who left his bicycle parked next to the mess hall-five minutes after 12, three guys were dead, others wounded...
...Nixons have three Christmas trees: the 65-ft. spruce on the Ellipse south of the White House, a 19-ft. tree decorated with each state's flower that adorns the marble entrance foyer, and a 9-ft. blue spruce upstairs that is trimmed with ornaments that the Nixons have used for years. The tree in the family quarters stands on a revolving base that plays Jingle Bells. Outside, for the first time, tiny white lights glow from the boxwoods that line the front driveway. To TIME Correspondent Bonnie Angelo, Mrs. Nixon explained: "You can't overdo at Christmas...
...Army's losing 5,000,000 men. The replacements, he reports, are mainly ill-trained teenagers. "The Viet Cong are no longer 10 feet tall. They are more like frightened 16-year-olds." Thompson does not, however, see a quick end to the war. "It could take three to five years before Hanoi is compelled to give up her purpose and to negotiate a real settlement," he says. Until that happens, he advises, the allies should adopt "a long-haul, low-cost strategy" that relies more on the South Vietnamese army-a prescription that fits Richard Nixon...
...Congress virtually completed action on all 14 major appropriations bills, it was plain that the lawmakers' priorities differed considerably from Nixon's. In three areas-agriculture, public works and transportation-they added a total of $893 million to the funds originally sought by the President. In the other ten, they appropriated a total of $7.7 billion less than requested by Nixon...