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Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Friends and Acquaintances -- 1. Greenfield Dancing Club of 1882 -- 2. Thomas Edison -- 3. Harvey Firestone -- 4. John Burroughs -- 5. Martha Berry -- 6. George Washington Carver -- 7. McGuffey Readers -- 8. Mahatma Gandhi -- 9. Henry Clausen -- Part II. Relatives -- 10. Ford Family Tree -- 11. Ford Cemetery -- 12. Great-grandmother Rebecca -- 13. Great-uncle Robert -- 14. Brother John -- 15. Sisters Margaret and Jane -- 16. Brother Will -- 17. The Litogots -- Part III. Mechanical Exploits -- 18. Getting Started -- 19. Gasoline Rail Car -- 20. Ford-Edison Electric Car -- 21. Excursion into Railroading -- 22. Fordson Truck -- 23. Ford's Amazing X-8 Vehicle -- 24. The Speedboat Miss Dearborn -- 25 Ford's Robot Engines -- 26. Ford and the Metric Dilemma -- Part IV. Financial Investments -- 27. Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway -- 28. Michigan Stump Farm -- 29. Experience at Cape May -- 30. Dearborn's Deep Test Well -- 31. Dearborn Flour Mill -- 32. Florida Rubber Plantation -- 33. Edison Botanic Research Corporation -- 34. Frischkorn Investment Company -- 35. The Ford Foundation -- Part V. Humanitarian Efforts -- 36. Fordism: An Economic Philosophy -- 37. The Sociological Department -- 38. Detroit's Henry Ford Hospital -- 39. Letters from the Past -- 40. Quest for Alcohol Fuels -- 41. Cooperative Farmers Association -- 42. Two Camps for Boys -- 43. Georgia Experiments -- 44. Henry and the Disabled -- 45. Did You Hear from Mr. Ford? -- Part VI. Luxuries -- 46. Fair Lane -- 47. The Mangoes -- 48. The Yacht Sialia -- 49. The Railway Car Fair Lane -- 50. Wayside Inn -- 51. Botsford Tavern -- 52. Dearborn Country Club -- 53. Richmond Hill -- 54. Huron Mountain Club -- 55. Henry Ford in Sculpture -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q.

THE COMMUNIST VIETNAMESE CAME CLOSE TO WINNING THE TET OFFENSIVE. FOR AMERICANS IT HAD INDEED BEEN A VERY NEAR THING. FOR THE COMMUNISTS, IT WAS AN EXTREMELY VALUABLE PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE. SINCE ITS INITATION THE TET OFFENSIVE OF 1968 HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF INTERPRETATION AND DEBATE AND REMAINS ELUSIVE. THIS ARTICLE EXPLORES THE REASONS WHY THE COMMUNIST FORCES DECIDED TO ATTACK THE URBAN AREAS OF SOUTH VIETNAM, SUBJECTING THEMSELVES TO DEVASTATING CASUALTIES AND A SOUND TACTICAL DEFEAT. IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT DECISION WAS REACHED, A COMPREHENSION OF BOTH THE POLITICAL AND MILITARY REALITIES AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF THE NORTH VIETNAMESE ON THE EVE OF TET IS REVIEWED.

ABSTRACT The paper describes Thames Water Utilities'response to the Bishopsgate bomb which exploded in the City of London in April 1993. Particular emphasis is placed on the procedures and control measures which were adopted to manage the activities associated with severe damage to water mains and sewers. The need for exceptional health and safety measures, whilst working in a potentially extremely dangerous environment, are highlighted.Technical aspects of the repair work are discussed including the coordination with other utilities and the difficulties experienced in locating the position of underground apparatus which was subjected to bomb damage.