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...height of the disturbances of free speech that took place in the early 1970s, professor James Q. Wilson remarked on the growing number of subjects which could not be discussed in a free and open setting, citing the Vietna, War, race relations, and other such topics. Nothing on the order of those disturbances now threatens free speech--at least openly. But try, at dinner or in a section, to start an argument against divestiture, or for U.S. military involvement in EI Salvador, or in favor of Reagan--ior against affirmative action, for that matter...

Author: By Michael J. Abramowiz president, | Title: A Parting Shot | 1/30/1985 | See Source »

...Nhon, another 2,500 American troops debarked to join the 4,000-man brigade of the 4th Infantry Division in the Central Highlands. That brought the total U.S. force in South Viet Nam to 317,500-and for the first time in the war, the Americans outnumbered the South Vietna mese regular army (there are 388,000 more South Vietnamese under arms as militia and police). With more fighting like that at the Rockpile in the offing, every man will be needed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: The Rockpile | 10/7/1966 | See Source »

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