Word: waits
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Nixon has not said so, but it is plain that he does not believe in the Viet Nam war and that he wants to get out just as quickly as possible. His reaction to the Communists' spring offensive was to wait it out calmly. Washington meanwhile has succeeded in maneuvering the Saigon government into a more tractable position vis a vis the National Liberation Front-a necessary shift if negotiations in Paris are ever to succeed. Despite Nixon's denial last week of firm plans to reduce the U.S. troop level in Viet Nam, no one would...
...Paris negotiations must include Cambodia and Laos on their agenda. A settlement strictly confined to South Viet Nam would not necessarily ensure complete North Vietnamese withdrawal to the North: conceivably Hanoi's forces could simply pull back into their old sanctuaries in Cambodia and Laos, there to wait for another chance to invade after U.S. troops had withdrawn. That would be anathema to Sihanouk and Souvanna Phouma, as well as to the U.S. In effect, it would mean no settlement...
...Eventually, Bobby returned to politics, first in a successful race for New York Senator, later in his belated campaign for the presidency. "No one else cared as much," says Ethel, and she strongly urged him to run despite the objections of some of his advisers, who thought he should wait until...
...tenants discussed stating that they will withhold the increased portions of their rents, but decided to wait until the Corporation responds before taking any stand on that action...
...original prohibition against faculty or administration members voting for or serving on the Overseers was contained in an 1865 law which also said that alumni who had only a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard must wait five years after graduation before voting for Overseers. In 1967 when Harvard asked the legislature to drop the five-year delay, the resulting act re-affirmed the restriction on faculty and administration participation in the Overseers. It is not clear whether the University requested a restatement of this provision, but the Corporation and Overseers both approved the act in the fall...