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...departure of Ambassador Sullivan five months later removed most of the remaining limitations on civilian raids. His replacement, G. McMurtrie Godley III, soon allied himself with those urging a wider bombing campaign. Arriving at the end of a dry season in which the communists had made greater gains than ever before, Godley also felt that operational efficiency demanded closer working relations with the military...
...called upon regularly for cavalry duty in Cambodia, and possibly Laos as well, it might be spread perilously thin. U.S. air, artillery and logistic support will be needed to bolster ARVN's actions beyond its borders, even if no U.S. ground troops are sent in. Finally, Abrams' wider war almost certainly means that Laos and Cambodia will be torn apart. Quite aside from the human cost, it is unlikely that any neutralist political force ?or neutralist government?will have much chance of surviving in these countries under these conditions. Yet some critics believe that just such neutralist governments offer...
...Although the power of appointment rests in the President and Fellows," he wrote, "I think it is of the utmost importance that this power be exercised only after wider-ranging consultation and discussion...
...frequent than it is, 58% thought that many people stayed on welfare too long, and most thought that welfare departments had a right to check on clients and end aid if they found improprieties such as unreported income. Said Briar: "Welfare clients in general share the mores of the wider middle-class society about work and the shame of going on welfare...
...Prince of Wales is no Bonny Prince Charlie, clothes-wise at least, according to Fashion Consultant Karl Dallas of Britain's influential Tailor & Cutter. Prince Charles, writes Dallas in the current issue, "follows the cult of shabbiness." For instance: the prince has taken to the fashionably wider tie without realizing that it is out of proportion to the narrow lapels and boxy shape of his '50s-style jacket. "As for his trousers, at the bottom they are the slim shape that every young man was demanding a decade ago, but at the top theyare as baggy...