In 1963, the government was overthrown, Diem was killed, and a new government was formed. In 1957, the Vietcong began a rebellion against the South Vietnam government of President Diem, whom the US supported with equipment and advisors. In 1954, the French were defeated and the former colony of French Indochina was divided into Communist North Vietnam and (non-Communist) South Vietnam. (Patrick Redmond, All She Ever Wanted.America's involvement in Vietnam lasted from 1957 until 1975.

Christmas was special for everyone but her birthday was only special for her. 'He had let her down at Christmas but she had forgiven him that. The phrasal verb let down means to disappoint or fail to support someone. (George Yancy, 'The Perils of Being a Black Philosopher.' The New York Times, April 18, 2016) So, words can debilitate, violate, injure they can hit with the force of a stick or a stone and leave marks on the body.' I recall after reading so many of these messages I began to feel sick, literally. 'Only now have I really begun to recognize how discourse designed to hurt can actually leave its mark. The expression leave (or make) its mark means to have a significant or long-lasting effect. (Alex Brummer, The Great Pensions Robbery: How New Labour Betrayed Retirement. 'This was a very public act of despair by workers who had spent all their lives in the steel industry but had been left high and dry by the chancellor when their firm went bust, taking their hard-earned savings and highly prized final salary pensions with it.' The idiom leave (someone) high and dry means to leave a person or group unsupported or helpless in a difficult situation.

'When he said that he didn't have that much money with him, the judge let him leave the court with the promise to pay the fine on the Tigers' first visit to Cleveland during the 1910 season.' (Charles C.Let him be both quick and fast, smart and strong.' (William Goldman, The Princess Bride. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973) It has been so long since I have been tested, let this man test me. 'A man is leaving for service overseas he has forty-eight hours leave his wife flies to him to say goodbye they have forty-eight lovely last hours together.' (Martha Gellhorn, 'Miami-New York.' The Atlantic Monthly, 1948).

'Each time they parted, she would leave behind, in the last instant before the door closed, a look that stayed with him, vibrating like a struck cymbal.' (John Updike, 'The Stare.' The Early Stories: 1953-1975.

Pip planned to leave school as soon as he turned 16.

Why do you always leave your dirty clothes on the floor?.

Leave Us Alone 1975