Word: vietnamization
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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After the legislative victories of 1964, Perkins said, he left his hometown for Vietnam, from which he returned, years later, a different person. At this point, he turned to Matt and Andrew. “You veterans?” he asked. Startled, they shook their heads no. He continued. Though he had been trained in King’s nonviolence methods, Vietnam radicalized Perkins. Just as he was about to join Black Power, Perkins said, he had a change of heart and got married instead. The marriage lasted 30 pleasant years; when it ended, he said, he turned...
...song continued, and I thought Matt would want to enjoy it in the company of his best friend. Instead, he walked to the bar, bought two Budweisers, and brought them back—one for him, one for the Vietnam vet. “Happy birthday,” he said...
...began. Nobody didn’t know the words to this song. On “God bless our troops,” everybody raised their drinks in a toast. In place of the beer he didn’t have, an unshaven man who said he was a Vietnam vet raised his hand...
...Good As I Once Was.” Matt shook his head and retreated to the bathroom, resigned. He did not expect to make any conversation when, from his right, a growling voice: “Today is my 53rd birthday.” It was the unshaven Vietnam vet, sickly thin, in an old t-shirt and a worn-down hat. He smelled foul. “I don’t have any money. Haven’t even had one beer, and it’s my 53rd birthday.” Matt, pretty dejected himself, listened...
...Ministry of Agriculture did announce last week that it would begin culling infected birds, as Thailand and Vietnam do, rather than simply vaccinating them. (Vaccinated poultry may continue to spread the H5N1 virus.) But while the government insists it's doing all it can to control the disease, some are taking preparations into their own hands. One Australian bank has drawn up its own contingency plans for an outbreak and is stocking up on the antiviral drug Tamiflu. When it comes to keeping bird flu at bay, says a bank executive, "We have no faith in the government...