Word: units
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...special liaison group have lived and worked daily with the Korean Tigers [July 22] since their arrival in Viet Nam. They rank professionally with any fighting unit we've known. We find them "brutally efficient," but nowhere have we seen any grave sitting, tae kwon do cheekbone splitting, or mutilation by skinning. Had the Tigers done these things, 695 Viet Cong would never have surrendered...
...Arbitration. It was by any definition an inflationary boost. Johnson's woodshed rationale was that its effect would somehow be neutralized by the airlines' hefty 1966 profits, which he preferred to call "productivity." The President explained on TV: "Unit labor costs in the air-transportation industry will continue to decline, thus assuring that this settlement will not contribute to any increase in the prices the public pays." This gloss did not cover the fact that the major airlines have won federal approval for six rate increases over the past decade, and in each case a major factor...
...rest of Red China, it was quite an inspiration. In all units of the Chinese armed forces, shouts of "Long live Chairman Mao" rose from the ranks. One platoon leader, Liu Hsin-fa, breathlessly declared to his unit, "I saw Chairman Mao swimming. He is in excellent health!" With the typical enthusiasm of the enlisted man about such tidings, his buddies chorused, "We feel as happy as you do." Not to be outdone by the military, workers at the Harbin locomotive and rolling stock plant overfulfilled their quotas five to twelve hours ahead of schedule at the news...
...Still to be decided is the question of which reforms should take place, and on this matter the delegates are as divided as ever. One European bloc, including West Germany, Italy and Holland, is in favor of creating a new kind of money, dubbed the "cru" (for composite reserve unit), which would take its place along with the dollar and the pound in the reserves of the world's central banks. Belgium and Switzerland opt instead for merely increasing the borrowing rights that 103 nations already have with the International Monetary Fund. Other nations, including the U.S., would agree...
Several months of constant booking has made this colorful and exuberant group a tight knit performing unit. Almost everyone sings at some point and all play several instruments including a few home-made ones. The band's renditions of two old time rags and "Mr. Hippy" John Hurt's "Richland Woman's Blues" were musically satisfying and highly entertaining.JUDY COLLINS...