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Goodell fought Nixon on Cambodia, demanded that he fix a deadline for Viet Nam troop withdrawal, voted against Haynsworth and Carswell. When Nixon Aide Murray Chotiner urged New York Republicans to support a candidate who could best work with the Administration, Goodell?and everyone else ?knew he did not mean Goodell. Months ago, Nixon reportedly told a Republican Senator: "I hope Ted leaves Charlie alone. He [Goodell] is a disaster, but he's our disaster. I told him to cool it." But no one believes that Agnew or Chotiner would act without at least a wink from the President...
...other war," or "the struggle to win the hearts and minds of the people." Whatever its name, the object of pacification for nearly two decades has been to wrest rural areas from Viet Cong control and bring them under the aegis of the Saigon government. With U.S. troops continuing their withdrawal-President Nixon last week announced that the troop level would decline by another 40,000 to 344,000 by Christmas-pacification has assumed ever-increasing importance in determining the allegiance of the country's 11 million peasants...
...Troop Withdrawals...
...meeting for applicants who couldn't attend the 2 p. m. meeting of the Eliot House course. A few other people are there. On the blackboard in the room, a chalked sign reads: "Hum 96g is playing hard to get. Report to Harvard 4A for further instructions." We troop to Harvard Hall, where we find there is no 4A. After several desperate minutes, we return to Sever and find the meeting in progress. I begin to realize the nature of the competition...
...brown leather notebook, Che kept track of the conduct and efficiency of his chief lieutenants. At first the notations were sprinkled with encouraging evaluations. "Very good," wrote Che of one of his troop leaders, the former director of the Cuban special warfare center whose code name was Joaquín. But three months later, Che noted that Joaquin was "decaying physically and morally," and with his physician's eye, he diagnosed lymphangitis (inflammation of the lymph vessels). Of Tuma, a Caban who was Guevara's executive officer, Che noted that after six months in Bolivia, he suffered...