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...Third World and a moral inspiration to all the world and mankind." Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping, who represented Premier Chou En-lai at the formal banquet, responded with more restraint, commenting simply on the Philippines as "a beautiful and richly endowed country" whose people were "industrious and valiant." Teng wasted no time in getting to China's chief international concern; in his final address he noted that both China and the Philippines were opposed to "big-power hegemonism," China's code word for Soviet expansionism. Indeed, since the Communist triumph in Viet Nam, the Chinese have apparently...
...middle-aged Faculty wives who ushered me through the waiting process all made valiant attempts to exude cheerfulness. Sporting blue smocks and name tags, smiling as wide as they could, and making insipid conversation ("How marvelous to remember your social security number!"), they all tried to make me feel as if I were sipping tea in their homes. But it just didn't work. They knew as well as I did that the purpose of my visit was not tea but blood. However, they were very considerate and did as much as they could to calm...
Still, Huong was hardly in a position to shape that destiny singlehanded. He made one valiant effort to establish his credentials as a peacemaker, offering to send a government minister to Hanoi to open up direct negotiations; the North Vietnamese firmly rebuffed the overture. Huong then made a dramatic, ceremonious appearance at South Viet Nam's National Assembly. Speaking in halting gasps, wearing dark glasses, he told the legislators that it was for them to decide if he should stay in office or make way for General Minh. "Now our ally has abandoned us and we have to defend...
Master Derby's mud-running heroics last week also eclipsed the valiant efforts of a horse named Harvard Man, who left the gate in the Blue Grass as a 35-1 long shot and finished eighth in the field of nine. Harvard Man, who finished second to Foolish Pleasure in the Champagne Stakes last year, has been one of the biggest disappointments of this racing season, to say the least...
...bringing to 19 the number of provincial capitals they have captured. In the Mekong Delta they stepped up their sporadic attacks in an effort to cut Saigon off from its primary source of rice and vegetables. At Xuan Loc, a provincial capital only 40 miles east of Saigon, a valiant defense by outnumbered and outgunned government forces finally appeared to be crumbling at week's end. Only 15 miles north of Saigon, Communist artillerymen launched first assaults on the huge South Vietnamese airbase at Bien Hoa. Using 130-mm. artillery with a range of 15 miles, they momentarily disrupted...