Word: instructional
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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First of all, the lyrics were in English, my native tongue. And it was a clever translation too. Like when the soldiers are going off to war, the girls musically instruct them to "be a stoic. Be heroic." Or when the soldiers come in disguised as lecherous Turks, the girls react in horror: "It's too drastic, too fantastic...
Disillusion. Each unit was made up of men from the same area, and once back in South Viet Nam, they headed for their home regions. Some went to fight alongside or instruct the local Viet Cong, but others had more specialized tasks. Nguyen Thao actually built a complete small-arms factory under the South Viet Nam army's nose...
...have disqualified himself. While the trial was under way, the presiding judge confided to Columnist Dorothy Kilgallen, among others, that Sheppard was "guilty as hell." Contrary to settled law, he allowed the Cleveland police to testify that Sheppard had refused to take a lie-detector test, then failed to instruct the jury that they should disregard this testimony in their decision. Finally, even while the jurors were deliberating, they were allowed to phone their friends. No court official knew what was said...
...roll call. Chuck Percy, as surprised as anyone by Ev's passion and vehemence, passed when his name was first called, recalled that during his primary campaign he had pledged to vote for the choice of a majority of the Illinois delegation. Said he last week: "I now instruct the secretary to cast my ballot as soon as a majority vote is cast for one candidate-for that same candidate." When the 30th Goldwater vote was registered, Percy-knowing that his chances of winning in November may be seriously hurt by a Goldwater presidential ticket-went on record...
...House bill would allow the U.S. Commissioner of Education to help local public school officials draw up plans for desegregation, finance and plan training courses in colleges to instruct school officials and teachers in how to deal with desegregation problems. The commission could supply federal grants to school boards to train teachers and hire consultants on such problems. The Attorney General could institute a suit when tax-supported college students or parents of schoolchildren filed a complaint that they were being denied admission to a school or college because of race, religion or national origin...