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...legal drinking age in many states has taken a double pendulum swing over the past two decades. During the late '60s and early '70s, when teen-agers were being drafted for military service in Viet Nam, more than half of all state legislatures lowered the minimum to 18 or 19. Since 1976, however, at least 20 states have voted to raise their drinking age. Last fall a presidential commission on drunken driving strongly recommended a uniform drinking age of 21. But since autumn, only four additional states have boosted age requirements; 19 states have considered and rejected such...
Reagan has tapped a longing for national pride that was deadened by Viet Nam and Watergate. Just how deep that feeling runs can be seen in the outpouring of emotion that is greeting the Olympic torch as it wends its way across the American heartland (see following story). "The country has wanted a reason to feel confident," says Republican Political Strategist John Sears. "We've felt badly about ourselves for ten or 15 years...
...soldiers who displayed extraordinary bravery in defending the motherland, or rodina, as Russians say with almost mystical fervor. The dignitaries were there to represent the nations most closely allied to the Soviet Union: its six satellites in Eastern Europe, plus three poorer relations from the Third World: Cuba, Viet Nam and Mongolia...
...Viet Nam rebuttal...
...battle over how to interpret the Viet Nam War seems to be almost as intractable as the conflict itself. Last year PBS aired a 13-hour series, Viet Nam: A Television History. Despite wide critical praise, the series was at tacked by some conservatives who thought it indulged the Communist side...