Word: v
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Asian nations attended-Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Laos and South Viet Nam, while Cambodia and Indonesia sent observers. The consequent exchange of information about economic aid needs and Sato's reminder that Southeast Asia receives only $2.50 per capita in foreign aid from all sources (v. $5 for Africa and $6 for Latin America) led the Singapore Straits Times to suggest that "a miniature Asian Marshall Plan" might emerge from the conference. Japan could conceivably be the sponsor...
They are also a bargain: the average cost per defector is $125, v. an estimated $400,000 expended to kill one enemy soldier, and 70% of those coming over so far have been combat soldiers. For all the success of Chieu Hoi, though, it is still far from winning the war. To date there have been only 200 defectors from the North Vietnamese forces, and no matter how many war-weary Viet Cong come over the line, there will be yet more Northerners to replace them. Still, Saigon feels that the defection rate has reached a turning point, expects this...
...Silver Plate fleet, commanded by Captain General Don Juan Estéban de Ubilla, bore silver and gold worth today's equivalent of about $14 million, together with Chinese silk and porcelain and a sumptuous set of jewelry intended for the bride of Spain's King Philip V...
...taste returned to the larger size, and even stretched the length and breadth of some Ramblers, its share of U.S. auto sales steadily slipped, from 6.4% in 1960 to a mere 3.2% last year. In fiscal 1966, A.M.C. lost $12.6 million, and last week Chapin and new President William V. Luneburg had more bad news for their annual meeting...
...figure out your class rank, under the CEP plan, convert your grades to numbers and use the following list of minimum requirements: Group I, A (14); II, B-plus (12); III, B-minus (10); IV, C-plus (8); V, C-minus (6). E's would be averaged in (they aren't now), but anyone with an E or two D's would be listed unsatisfactory ad well as getting a rank...