Word: abandon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...together would not make one "Model Worker." But Mao was in a serious mood. ("He would make an outstanding labor negotiator," said Earn-shaw.) Blandly, he laid on the line his terms for coexistence. He wanted Attlee to ask the U.S. to 1) withdraw the U.S. Seventh Fleet and abandon its support of Chiang; 2) cease arming Japan; 3) cease arming Germany...
Power Pattern. To both sides it made such good sense that they agreed to interconnect the systems at 19 different points. Each would help the other at periods of peak loads, thus lessening breakdowns and power shortages. The cooperatives would abandon plans for 292 miles of lines, use the $3,000,000 saved to increase capacity of the new plant at Ford. With peace in sight, the Government released the remaining $13,299,000 of its loan to the cooperatives so that they could further expand the Ford plant and complete their transmission system...
Tennessee, one of the few states to abandon the wait-and-see lethargy of state capitals, has tackled the problem on a statewide basis. The state has asked permission to file a brief next month as a friend of the Supreme Court. Tennessee's brief is expected to suggest that schoolchildren be integrated gradually, beginning with the first grade and moving up through the grades as the years pass. Said State Solicitor General Allison B. Humphreys: "The question [of segregation] was settled by decision last May. We see no point in further arguing that issue." Meanwhile, Tennessee schools will...
...suggesting that we "abandon" our allies. Far from it. I am merely suggesting a better way to serve them, and us and the free world...
THERE are three possible solutions for the problem of Formosa. The first is to abandon it to Communist conquest. Britain has always been ready to do this, but it is unlikely that America can now be persuaded to do so. There are good strategic reasons for keeping the island in friendly hands, and no one has suggested an alternative refuge for Chiang and his followers. The second course is to make the island a ward of the United Nations. This cannot be regarded as a practical proposition...