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...good-hit, goodfield Administration team had slithered into a slump, had begun to lose the big ones-the school bill, civil rights, etc. In the grand tradition, criticism for the slump was being hung squarely around the shoulders of the manager. There were no suggestions that he be forthwith fired. But there were plenty of jeers and birdcalls from the stands and the boxes-"lame duck," "no brains," "lousy liar." When Ike met the press last week in the White House version of a clubhouse critique, newsmen quickly zeroed in on the defeats, the slurs, the possibility of change...
...including the samba-happy hostesses, was on the house. Delegates were met at airports, bus and rail stations by Garcia men who eagerly pressed a little convention spending money (from about $150 to $250, depending on the delegate, said Garcia's opponents) into their hands, guided them off forthwith to Dewey Boulevard...
...that the U.S. has rarely felt the need to intervene. Of 4,437 American servicemen, dependents and civilian auxiliaries brought to trial in foreign courts in a one-year period, 275 were acquitted, 3,876 got minor fines and reprimands, 178 drew sentences of imprisonment, which the foreign courts forthwith suspended. In all, 108 Americans were imprisoned-a year's total which, considering that it applies to 700,000 men, amounts to a remarkably low crime rate and one of the highest leniency rates in the world. Foreign court sentences are usually much lighter than U.S. sentences. Last year...
...Sihanouk listened, near to tears, while official after official accused Sam Sary of giving import licenses to the wrong people, i.e., someone else. The criticisms, said Sihanouk, were "unjustified." Nevertheless, because they could "be construed as casting a shadow over the reputation of the Sangkum Party," His Royal Highness forthwith annulled all import licenses...
Eight months ago Diem issued executive decrees disbarring Chinese and other foreigners from eleven lines of business, proclaimed 500,000 Viet Nam-born Chinese males (known as "uncles") forthwith Vietnamized, and commanded them to take new names. South Viet Nam's Chinese, one of Southeast Asia's most outspokenly anti-Communist communities, reacted promptly. Some Chinese businessmen simply took in a Vietnamese partner as a cover, stayed right on in business. But many others, partly from pride, partly because they thought Diem was bluffing, decided to hold...