Word: vietnamize
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...1960s cultural battlefield. Once a popular, short-haired comedian who did parodies of commercials and fast-talking DJs, Carlin saw the counterculture revolution and decided he was talking to the wrong audience. So he grew long hair and a beard and began doing routines about drugs and Vietnam and uptight middle-class values...
...fans weren't ready for it. Carlin got thrown out of Las Vegas clubs twice for material that today would seem tame (one offending routine was about his "skinny ass"). At the Playboy Club in Lake Geneva, Wis., his jokes about Vietnam nearly caused an audience riot. "One big blond guy, who would have made a casting director's dream for one of those Nazi officers, said, 'How would you know? You've never been shot at!'" Carlin recalled years later. "Then it became an uproar. Some were standing and leaving; some were shaking their fists at me." Carlin...
...center to appeal to crucial moderate and independent swing voters in the general election. Richard Nixon practically perfected the transformation in 1968, initially building his "silent majority" of conservatives freaked out by hippie war protesters and inner-city riots before selling his "secret plan" to end the Vietnam War in the fall. But having spent the last 16 months pledging to be "the change you can believe in," Obama faces an especially delicate balancing act in playing to the center. Currently Obama trails John McCain among independents not leaning toward either party by a margin of 26% to 35%, according...
Obama or McCain? McCain has more history [with Vietnam] but Obama spent part of his childhood in Indonesia. Who would you prefer as U.S. President...
...government's] top priority to respect and protect human rights, seeing the people as a central factor for achieving sustainable development and the goal of building Vietnam into a strong country with wealthy people and a just, democratic and civilized society. Vietnam stands ready to talk with the U.S. on issues of mutual concern. The U.S. side has acknowledged positive progress in Vietnam. I am convinced that we need to increase contacts and dialogues in order to enhance mutual understanding on issues of differences...