A game of basketball is made up of four quarters, each ten (or in the National Basketball Association 12,) minutes long. At the start of each quarter the team who has the possession arrow pointing towards their hoop gets the ball. Then the arrow is switched, and the next team gets the ball next quarter.
Ending the Vietnam War, 1969â1973. 1  President Richard M. Nixon assumed responsibility for the Vietnam War as he swore the oath of office on January 20, 1969. He knew that ending this war honorably was essential to his success in the presidency.
The end of the Vietnam War on April 30, 1975, was a much-anticipated and emotionally fraught event for the American public. In our May 5, 1975, issue, Newsweek wrote about President Gerald Fordâs April 23 speech at Tulane University in New Orleans, during which he announced the end of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Editor Richard Steele explained the complexities of the conflictâs end, with Americans in Saigon requiring evacuation, and the traumatic legacy of the divisive war that was still to be addressed.