Word: urbanize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Some of Giap's political aims were evident: to embarrass the U.S. and undercut the authority of the South Vietnamese government, to frighten urban South Vietnamese and undermine pacification in the countryside, to give the impression to the U.S. public that the war is in a stalemate. Some U.S. officials also see the offensive as a prelude to North Viet Nam's coming to the conference table, aimed at enhancing Hanoi's hand in negotiations...
...campaign was pure Giap: trying to draw U.S. forces to the periphery of South Viet Nam, into isolated areas where they had little to gain and lives to lose. He did much the same thing to the French in 1952 and 1953. Last week's series of urban attacks was a radical departure, but it has some logic and some advantages. A major element in U.S. strength is mobility in the air; if enough damage could be done to airfields and aircraft, that element would be sharply reduced. Fighting inside cities also nullified much of the U.S. firepower; neither artillery...
...situation today is just about the same as during the late 1966 decline and the early 1967 rise: there are uncertainties about military and monetary problems abroad, about inflation and taxes and urban problems at home. And the economy continues to climb. As the market responds to tips and touts with short-term flutters, it continues to perform over the longer term with a certain consistency. If history is any guide, stocks will rise and fall along with three fundamental factors: 1) the overall health of the economy, 2) the state of corporate profits, and 3) the availability and cost...
Under Deans I. W. Cole and Peter P. Jacobi, Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism now requires its graduate students to take two seminars in the reporting of public affairs. Courses are offered in urban problems, education, science and technology. One student who took a course in the U.S. legal system grumbled that it was "just like an advanced political-science course." The school's reply is that that's just what it is supposed...
...outlined in the Report, the Ed School's response to the urban crisis has concentrated on research rather than action programs, and particularly on evaluating the effect of outside of school factors on learning...