Word: regardless
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...thing, Lyndon Johnson's down fall showed once again how an en trenched President could be defeated over a deeply emotional issue. For another, Richard Nixon's own obvious determination to end the war, regardless of his timetable, had made opposition to the war far more respectable. To many people, the argument is no longer really over victory or defeat, patriotism or dishonor, but rather over when the U.S. withdraws and what concessions, if any, it can get in return. Timing, of course, could make a major difference to the U.S.'s future position in Asia...
...Regardless of who was right, the Berets were ordered prosecuted by the Army's General Abrams, who was incensed at being lied to by the Berets. They told the general that Chuyen was only "off on a dangerous mission" at a time when he actually was dead. Abrams apparently was determined to dramatize his insistence that the Special Forces must operate under his command. It will be difficult for Washington to keep the case closed; it demands that ways be found to keep U.S. spies from fighting each other...
...contemporary example: the professor who would do research for the Cambridge Project- say, on mass movements in underdeveloped countries- couldn't help but go about it with opinions and preconceptions which would inevitably influence his results. He might assume that such knowledge is good in itself, regardless of how it would be used. Or he might assume that both the knowledge and its probable use are good and right. In any event, he'd be no more objective than the student who would protest his involvement with the Project...
John A Williams is a man who is black and who writes from a black perspective. His perspective is also that of an oppressed individual who knows what oppression can do to its victims regardless of their nationality, religion, or race...
...resulting upward revaluation of the mark -which the Socialists favor-speculators flooded West Germany with nearly $600 million in foreign currency in three days. Kiesinger sought to stem the speculation by closing the money exchanges until after the election. Two days before the balloting, Brandt and Kiesinger agreed that, regardless of the outcome, the value of the mark would remain unchanged-"for the time being" at least...