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...noted that the Soviet Union was ARTHUR GRACE thrusting southward, both directly into Afghanistan and indirectly through Viet Nam and Cambodia...
...Soviet forces, which were commanded by Marshal Sergei Sokolov, 68, demonstrated that they had mastered the techniques of airlifting enormous quantities of men and supplies, coordinating air and ground attacks, and controlling the action on a distant battlefield via complicated satellite communications systems. And, as the U.S. did in Viet Nam, the Soviet command is battle-testing its weapons and officers...
Such rhetoric would be more reassuring if the U.S.S.R. were not waging a brutal war against the Afghan people, pouring weapons into the Yemens, and supporting Viet Nam's takeover of Indochina. No wonder there is a resurgence of feeling in the U.S. that the Soviets cannot be trusted. No wonder pro-détente liberals like Muskie are less certain than before that the Kremlin is genuinely committed to peaceful coexistence. The onus of showing more restraint is squarely on the Soviet Union these days...
...Santa Monica, Calif.: "The administration tells you you're doing a crummy job, parents tell you you're doing a crummy job, kids even tell you you're doing a crummy job. A lot of teachers these days feel and look like soldiers who returned from Viet Nam. You see the same glazed look in their eyes...
...York panel investigated declining test scores and found that homework assignments had been cut nearly in half during the years from 1968 to 1977. Why? Often simply because students refuse to do them. Blame for the shift in student attitude has been assigned to such things as Watergate, the Viet Nam War, the Me culture. Also to television, which reduces attention span. Now there are 76 million TV homes in the U.S., vs. only 10 million in 1950. By age 18, the average American has spent an estimated 15,000 hours in front of the set, far more time than...