Word: vietnam
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Vietnam-Era Group...
...however, the problems are less spectacular. In our society there's more leisure for introspection. Too much introspection leads to boredom and boredom makes people go crazy, as a character from Tobias Wolff's short story collection, Back in the World, implies as he speaks about his experiences in Vietnam...
...think it's wrong for a company to provide its services free to the press, what do you say about theaters providing free tickets to reviewers? About press boxes at sporting events? Did the U.S. military charge you admission when you went to cover Vietnam...
...America was one of the CIA airlines during the Vietnam...
Furthermore, given the fact that every administration in recent memory has sought to deceive the press in order to cover up its wrong-doing, a la Richard Nixon, or has tried to use the press as a tool for its foreign policy goals--as Lyndon Johnson did during the Vietnam War, and as Reagan has during the turmoil in Grenada and Nicaragua--reporters have little excuse for being duped by this Administration's latest ploy...