Word: united
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...laws of the emperor yield to the customs of the village," says a venerable Vietnamese proverb, reflecting the ancient importance and autonomy of the unit in which 80% of South Viet Nam's 16 million people live. Well aware that the proverb carries more importance than ever in the struggle with the Viet Cong to win the countryside, the Saigon government this week launched Viet Nam's most meaningful and democratic village and hamlet elections in modern times. Throughout Viet Nam, thousands of peasants entered polling booths built of bamboo matting and black cloth to elect their...
Youthful American collectors knew exactly what to do with Le Fare's exhibit when it arrived at Manhattan's Howard Wise Gallery last week. Few could afford Le Fare's larger zebra-striped mobiles or a unit of multiple-pushbutton boxes of "7 surprise movements," but they snapped up his nearly identical, spidery shadow pictures and smaller, tinkling aluminum abstractions at prices ranging from...
...Hampshire native, who also ran cross-country for Harvard, was transferred last month from basic training at Fort Bragg to the U.S. Modern Biathlon Unit...
Critics of the parks have claimed that impersonality would be inevitable in such large complexes. But Pettigrew was confident that adequate planning and architecture could conquer that problem. Each unit within a complex must be designed to have individuality, and yet easy access to central facilities, he said...
Private Chaffee's first assignment will take him to Camp Richardson, Alaska, where the biathlon unit trains year-round. The members of the unit compete in many European ski meets, and selected members will represent the U.S. in next year's Winter Olympics at Grenoble, France...