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…, the American army has in many respects strayed from its unity with the people. This is due in part to the memory of Vietnam, in part to a national feeling of fatigue and bitterness over betrayal by short-sighted and greedy polticians, from Iran-Contragate…

…him black racism. The criticism of Dr. martin Luther-king and his ideology of nonviolence was the straw that broke the camels back for Carmichael. This plus critisizing the united states involvement in the Vietnam war, and visiting the then Elijah Muhammad…

…Derelicts (1969) display homeless persons, drunken and asleep in an alley, among the trash. Another piece from this era, War (1967) is of four dying Vietnam soldiers. Pieces such as these poked sensitive spots on social issues pertaining to the increase…

…of Cautionary Words and Phrases" as an example, Kakutani lists non-prejudicial words that are labeled discriminatory. She relates her claim to words used to describe the Vietnam War and Watergate by the government. Using two incidents that are associated negatively…

…realizing it. The indiscriminate use of morphine in treating wounded soldiers also produced many addicts. Addiction, which began among urban ghetto minorities, spread in the 1960s and 70s to white middle class youth and to American veterans of the Vietnam War…

…Vietnam. It brought in legislation giving equal pay to women, established a national health service free to all, doubled spending on education and abolished university fees, increased wages, pensions and unemployment benefits, ended censorship, reformed…

…with my parents. Now they call me from Vietnam every week. In spite of living far away from my parents, I seem to meet them while talking on the phone. This helps me not to feel homesick and concentrate on my studying. In conclusion, telephone has a great…

…of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities or a person who is good at programming quickly (Slatalla). An example of a famous cracker would be John Draper, who also served in the Vietnam War. He discovered that the free whistle found in Cap'n Crunch…

…and when in the hospital she felt abandoned by her family since they hardly came to see her, however she does not miss them at all. She does not even miss her boyfriend, who is supposed to be going to war in Vietnam. This shows her lack of emotion to miss…

…known as "The Killing Field" technique. Vietnam had heard of the atrocities being committed by Pol Pot, and was also being aggravated by recent Cambodian attacks, and thus decided to invade Cambodia in December of1978. Two weeks later, Phnom Penh was occupied…