Word: triumph
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...TRIUMPH OR TRAGEDY: REFLECTIONS ON VIETNAM, by Richard N. Goodwin. One of the young brain-stormers for President Kennedy and, until recently, for President Johnson, Goodwin examines U.S. policy in Viet Nam in a way that is often critical but concludes that the U.S. must commit whatever force is needed to clear the guerrillas from the countryside...
...what is available. Coca-Cola is the universal symbol of Americanization, but it was the distribution, merchandising and advertising techniques of the American company-not the fact that the drink made one feel American or implied admiration for the U.S.-that made it so. It is hardly a triumph of culture that an American can get a dry martini on request practically anywhere in the world; it is just good business in a day when so many Americans travel...
Does anyone ever get a fair trial in court? Though U.S. trials are aimed at discovering the truth and dispensing justice, the parties to the trials are really seeking triumph and justification. The very phrase "adversary system" denotes a bitter duel rather than a disinterested inquiry. Worse, the duelers tend to indulge in trickery, and fight with "make-believe" evidence that often bears scant relation to the facts at issue...
...almost any standard of measurement, Billy Graham's month-long Lon don crusade (TIME, June 10) ended as still another record-smashing triumph for the tireless evangelist. In all, Billy preached to 955,368 people, more than in any previous 30-day period in his life, and inspired 42,487 to come for ward to make their "decision for Christ." Despite early rumors that the crusade, which cost $840,000 to mount, might become his first major campaign to lose money, it had an estimated $42,000 surplus. Last week, when Billy sailed home to rest...
...TRIUMPH OR TRAGEDY: REFLECTIONS ON VIETNAM by Richard N. Goodwin. 142 pages. Random House...