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Giap's Goal. Biggest difference between the two wars, of course, is that the French were defending a tired colonial regime. They had scant encouragement from the government of Premier Joseph Laniel in Paris, which insisted that it could spare no more men or money. The U.S., by contrast, has repeatedly pledged full support for Viet Nam's defenders until the Viet Cong are finally routed. And, unlike the French, the Vietnamese are at least attempting an ambitious civic reform program...
...personal power that the French general-president enjoys. Shortly after the hunting accident, Franco created the position of Vice Premier and filled it with his long time friend and fellow general, Augustin Munoz Grandes. A veteran of Madrid politics, Munoz Grandes is popular in the country but a scant four years younger than Franco and ailing at the moment. He will not provide any permanent solution to the problems of succession...
...civil rights bill may survive its enemies, but it is getting scant help from its Senate friends...
...victory to keep Army's hopes alive, who turned the trick in Saturday's next-to-last event, the two-mile run, Straub trailed Harvard's Walt Hewlett for most of the race but chugged past the Crimson sophomore in the last quarter mile to win by a scant ten yards. His time was a scintillating 9:00.8, 0:01 faster than Hewlett, and 0:07.7 better than the old mark...
Abramson will go in the 500- and 1650- yard freestyles, with his best chance for a win coming in the shorter distance. There his chief competition will come from Villanova's Dick McDonough and North Carolina's Harrison Merrill. Both boast times near the 5:02 mark, a scant three seconds faster than Abramson's best...