Word: upping
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Sir: As psyched up as Johnson became over criticism, he never stooped to intimidation of the news media. Nixon sure knows how to alienate a guy.
Sir: Hooray for Judge Gerhard Gesell. I applaud his decision declaring Washington, D.C.'s abortion laws [Nov. 21] unconstitutional. I sincerely hope that the U.S. Supreme Court will agree with his decision and not get hung up on the questionable rights of the fetus. The rights of an individual...
INFILTRATION. In 1968, the annual rate was about 140,000, and so far this year it is running about the same. On the allied side, while the South Vietnamese forces are rising in numbers, equipment and training levels, desertions continue to plague ARVN; paradoxically, some of the highest desertion rates...
VIETNAMIZAT10N. That the South Vietnamese are taking a bigger part of the combat load shows up in the fact that they are now taking consistently more than 80% of allied casualties. For the last week in November, U.S. deaths were down to 70, the lowest since the beginning of October...
Failed Test. Unless the Senate bill is drastically revised in a House-Senate conference, it will provide a tax cut for individual taxpayers of $4 billion next year, minus whatever new revenue comes from tax reforms. Among other Christmas tree ornaments: a 15% boost in Social Security benefits, half again...