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Word: self (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Rather, explains TIME Saigon Bureau Chief Marsh Clark, "the enemy is increasingly unable to achieve his own aims, which are military victory and overthrow of the Thieu government. The chance of success for the often repeated U.S. object in Viet Nam-to guarantee the South Vietnamese the right of self-determination, free from outside aggression-has vastly improved during the past year, because gradually an environment has been created in which the South Vietnamese can fend for themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viet Nam: THE NEW, UNDERGROUND OPTIMISM | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

...interview seemed to be admitting his own errors, not those of the nation. His explanation was not a political polemic: it was a politician's admission that he had suffered under illusions which had led him to a faulty decision. If education is in a kind of self analysis, then Unruh was indeed explaining his education over the last several years...

Author: By Ronald H. Janis, | Title: The Education of Jesse Unruh | 12/11/1969 | See Source »

THIS education is what makes him more than just another Kennedy-associated political personality. For Unruh, by realizing and admitting his education, places himself apart from the self-assured arrogance of so many others of the Kennedy breed...

Author: By Ronald H. Janis, | Title: The Education of Jesse Unruh | 12/11/1969 | See Source »

...civilian gets a gun and joins a liberation unit, we call him a VC and try to kill him. But he is the same man he was before. So logically, the only reason to kill him (which we didn't want to do before he armed himself) would be self-defense, as he plans to shoot...

Author: By Jeffrey S. Golden, | Title: Atrocities The Song My Tactic | 12/10/1969 | See Source »

...primary factors, perhaps, were the Wildcats' overuse of their pressure strategy, which often left Blue defensemen stranded up-ice, and poor goaltending. Against a less powerful offensive attack, the strategy could have been devastating. Against Harvard, it was self destructive...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Skaters Humble New Hampshire; Cavanagh Nets Three in 11-3 Rout | 12/10/1969 | See Source »

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