Word: vietnamize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...election of 1984 may very well decide the future of progressive liberalism--and this country. Were the national vicissitudes of Vietnam, Watergate, and Ronald Reagan merely twists in the path? Or have we taken a different path altogether? To win the Presidency this year Gary Hart must craft a new vision; from his new rhetoric...
...study talking into a tape-recorder, defending his career before an imaginary judge. He claims that the multi-millionaires of California's Bohemian Grove--the real rulers of America's industry and military--put him in the presidency. He didn't really want to continue war in Vietnam or get involved in the Chilean counter-revolution, but rather those filthy moneymongers forced him to. Finally, sick of prostituting himself and his country, he resolved to stop being their puppet. As a result, they organized the Watergate scandal to boot him out of office. Nixon reveals all sorts of other things...
...first of two common misconceptions is that Esperanto "has never caught on." While this may be largely true in this country, a homogeneously English-speaking entity in which there is generally no language problem, it is not true in Europe, in the Soviet Union, in Iran, China, Brazil, or Vietnam, or in any number of other places. If judged by publications, radio broadcasts, and attendance at international meetings, Esperanto is in fact flourishing, and if it had never caught on it would not be the worldwide living language that it is today...
...though he has spent more than 13 years in the nation's capital, Shattuck still has plenty of grassroots experience, some dating back to the days of Vietnam and the popularly supported Presidential candidacy of former Minnesota Sen. Eugene McCarthy More recently. Shattuck was the architect of a national bill of rights lobby designed to counter the efforts of the Moral Majority. The organization boasts 15,000 members inchapters all over the country...
Observers say that Kerry, who is most prominently known for his work on the acid rain issue, has the advantage of statewide recognition. A former Vietnam war hero turned anti was activist. Kerry has never lost a Democratic primary and is known as a skilled debater and campaigner...