Word: types
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Vance, 51, is an unflappable, meticulous negotiator who quickly grasps facts and nuances. "He is not the you-and-I-will-get-to-be-great-friends type," one diplomat observed during the Cyprus confrontation. "He appreciates frankness and despises arrogance, and he has never said one word throughout this affair that he would take back...
...lack of experience in guerrilla warfare, I believe our military men have performed magnificently. They quickly learned the tactics and techniques of jungle and rice-paddy fighting, and stateside training was rapidly adapted to fit the situation. Today I consider our soldiers and Marines considerably more proficient in the type of combat that occurs in Viet Nam than the North Vietnamese troops and better than most Viet Cong units...
Bonuses & Basketball. Still, the morale of U.S. troops remains high. One reason is a $65-a-month pay bonus that goes to troops who spend at least six days during the month along the DMZ. Behind the lines, U.S. troops live in Quonset-type barracks and enjoy plenty of movies and recreational facilities, including gymnasiums with basketball courts. In the nearby town of Sangpa-ri, they can buy a drink and find friendly feminine companionship. Another morale booster is the growing action itself. "When you get soldiers involved in an operation," says Lieut. Colonel Frank Romano, "their morale soars. They...
...Uncommitted. Though no airbus has yet moved much beyond the drafting board, the prospective builders are steadily increasing their sales efforts. "The majority of airlines in the U.S., the Western Hemisphere and overseas requiring planes of this type are still uncommitted," said McDonnell Douglas Chairman James S. McDonnell. Thus even Boeing, which has yet to sell a single airbus, figures that it is still worthwhile to stay in the fight...
Schickel admits that he was interested in Disney not only as an individual but also as "a type that I have known and conducted a sort of love-hate relationship with since I was a child." The author's ambivalence cost him the cooperation of Disney and, after his death, of his associates. But this has not kept Schickel from presenting his subject in a firm social, cultural and artistic context. Schickel has high regard for the primitive, graphic quality of the early Mickey Mouse cartoons and for full-length, animated features such as Pinocchio, which, he thinks...