Word: vietnamization
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...China miracle. "As we are not allowed into China, why should we put our money there,? writes Weckherlin on his blog. He insists he remains "for China," but some irate bloggers on his site have posted lengthy commentaries on the merits of quitting China for other emerging economies like Vietnam...
...brother Larry Lieber, and illustrated by Kirby and Don Heck, Stark was inspired by Howard Hughes in his Spruce Goose phase: titan of industry, crackerjack engineer-inventor, indefatigable wooer of Hollywood actresses. (Later in the decade he'd be transformed into a cool Cold Warrior, fighting the Commies in Vietnam.) In the movie he's more a Richard Branson figure: suave, sexy, driven, a master of self-promotion and record-breaking stunts. What else could a rich man need...
...that’s been told they cannot participate in the military, and that’s a badge of degradation or second-class citizenship.”Harvard and ROTC have had a frosty relationship since 1969 when ROTC was banned from campus after student demonstrations against the Vietnam War. ROTC continues to be a lightning rod for criticism because the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy conflicts with the University’s commitment not to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.But many...
...pastor's views. He did this with typical restraint-his demeanor, as always, precisely presidential-but also with the sad and belated realization that the Wright controversy was not merely a "distraction." It was this year's edition of a problem that has hurt the Democratic Party since the Vietnam era, a fixation on the (often spectacular) deficiencies of superpower governance while slighting this nation's incredible strengths...
...Moyers, who seems to be spending the rest of his life over-atoning for his service as Lyndon Johnson's Vietnam spokesman, occasionally betrayed an anachronistic liberal masochism in the interview. Indeed, Wright tried to balance his "God Damn America" sermon with the acknowledgment that you can say that sort of thing in America, "whereas some other places, you're dead if you say the wrong thing about your government." But instead of saying, "Amen, brother," Moyers replied, "Well, you can be almost crucified for saying what you've said ... in this country...