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December 1946-March 1947. French gain control of Vietnamese coastal cities, but Ho's Viet Minh entrench themselves in countryside...
...anger him in the Kent situation. It is apparent that, from the decision to call in the National Guard until the publication of the Grand Jury report, the students at Kent State were victims of a cynical political system that counted their deaths merely as embarrassments or opportunities to entrench itself further in power...
...creating the Committee on Rights and Responsibilities, liberals had established the principles of student representation and election of Faculty members. In the Faculty debate, Fainsod proposals were expanded to solidly entrench these. The Faculty Council-a combination House Rules Committee and Dean's Cabinet-was to be elected on an elaborate Proportional Representation plan which not only recognized democratic Faculty voting, but representation according to fields and departments...
...creating the Committee on Rights and Responsibilities, liberals had established the principles of student representation and election of Faculty members. In the Faculty debate, Fainsod proposals were expanded to solidly entrench these. The Faculty Council-a combination House Rules Committee and Dean's Cabinet-was to be elected on an elaborate Proportional Representation plan which not only recognized democratic Faculty voting, but representation according to fields and departments...
...regime. Nonetheless, Thieu has made major efforts in his two years in office to tighten up his administration. He has either fired or reassigned every one of his nation's 44 provincial chiefs in an effort to sideline the incompetent or dishonest. While his motive is also to entrench his own men in these vital posts, observers agree that the caliber of his appointees has been an improvement. He is now embarked on a new cycle of hirings and firings that promises to bring a drastic overhaul of South Viet Nam's entire military administration...