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...Viet Cong are known for their acts of terrorism, which often include the murder and kidnaping of innocent peasants. Still, they enjoy a simple, potent asset in the countryside of South Viet Nam. Whenever they conquer an area, the Communists promptly take the land away from the landowners and give it to the peasants. In many cases, the Viet Cong are able to keep the support of the peasants by warning that a return of government forces would mean a return of the landlords. Faced with U.S. troop withdrawals and possible early elections in which the vote of the hamlets...
...Relations. For 15 years, Vince Cullers got by on the fringes of advertising as a freelance artist in Chicago; it was tough for a Negro to find a job in a white agency. In the past three years, the rise of black consciousness has turned his color into an asset. His agency now bills an estimated $1.5 million a year from accounts that include Kent, Newport and True cigarettes, Wayne-Gossard Corp. and the Joe Louis Milk Co. His ads are characterized by what he calls "a pride in being black." One magazine layout for Afro-Sheen, a hair preparation...
Even without impeachment, the case was certainly tragic. One of the most gifted lawyers of his generation, Fortas in 43 months on the bench had already proved himself an asset to a court that has often been faulted for its unlawyerlike decisions. Though he had been prevented last year from becoming Chief Justice by congressional opposition-an obstruction that nearly everyone now views as providential-he nevertheless might have become an ever greater influence on the court and country...
Yale opened the season with a solid defense and attack, but with very questionable midfield strength due to graduation losses. Corrigan switched veteran attackmen Derek Huntington and Jim McGuire to midfield, and with the help of sophomore Carl Bates, the midfield has become more an asset than a hindrance. Huntington, who scored three goals against Princeton, now has 18 plus one assist...
Similarly, Susan Larson's Josephine, her third consecutive lead at Agassiz is easily her best. To her singing voice, which is still her major asset, she has added an ease in her movements about the stage and in her transitions of mood which had not quite developed in her previous roles. Though she is perhaps not as physically suited for the role of a genteel captain's daughter as she was for the authoritarian figure of Princess Ida, the element of absurdity added by the contrast of her size to that of Jeff Davies is more than worth this minor...