Word: lesson
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...smaller force of Jordanian armor whose vehicles carried the black, white, green and red Hashemite flag along with pictures of the King. Hussein's order to his troops, the best in the Arab world, was to "stand fast and teach the heretic leaders of Syria a lesson in heroism." His 40th and 60th armored brigades did just that. First they blunted the Syrian invasion by knocking out 40 tanks. In an armored tactic known as "the loop," the 40th hit the Syrians head-on while the 60th rolled around their flank. Operating with precision, the two brigades were also...
...over again, I wouldn't," said Joan Kennedy last year after she had earned a disapproving look from Pat Nixon by wearing a silver minidress to an evening White House reception. To demonstrate that she had learned her lesson well, Joan showed up last week at a White House luncheon for Mrs. Ferdinand Marcos, wife of Philippines President, in an unobtrusive little number: a silver leather Cardin midi with black lace-up boots and a stretch lace see-through blouse...
...CONCLUSIONS Shaplen reaches are the expected ones. The problem with Vietnam, he says, the real tragedy of American involvement, is that the United States government neglected to think out a game plan in advance Vietnam is a valuable lesson, for, when the new Vietnams arise, America will be able to handle them...
...sides are farther apart than the figures indicate, because of a highly ambiguous clause in an agreement that Reuther negotiated to end the 66-day strike against Ford in 1967. The resulting conflict is an object lesson of the perils of postponing trouble. In the 1967 contract, the union accepted a ceiling on cost-of-living increases in return for an agreement that compensation for inflation above that ceiling "shall be available" in 1970. The difference now amounts to 26? an hour, which the union considers to be money already owed its members above and beyond any new settlement...
There may be an explanation. Wadleigh claims to have shot more film than any other twenty-seven year old alive, and perhaps if he'd spent less time behind the camera he'd have a better sense of structure. For Woodstock is an object lesson in how important formal control remains in even the most straightforward of shooting situations...