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...Privileged Sanctuary." Did the present policy mean that the U.S. had the choices only of I) all-out war or 2) no resistance at all? Definitely not, said Dulles. "Let us take the declaration which was made by the 16 powers in relation to Korea ... It has been stated there that, if aggression should be resumed, the reaction would not necessarily be confined to Korea . . . That does not mean necessarily that there will be an effort made to drop atom bombs on Peiping or upon Moscow. It does mean that there are areas of importance to the aggressors in that...
...means of dealing with the situation in case the deterrents fail, we must be able to counter . . . any aggressive movement, whether by a hostile army, navy or air force. We must have weapons and concepts suited to the needs of every level of military operation between the border raid and all-out global war . . . This means a level of conventional armaments adequate to meet the needs of our national security in the absence of atomic weapons...
...chair, wearing a crumpled white linen suit and the blue-and-scarlet tie of the Grenadier Guards, British Colonial Secretary Oliver Lyttelton listened patiently to the representatives of 6,000,000 Africans, 100,000 Indians, 40,000 whites and 25,000 Arabs The whites wanted martial law and an all-out offensive against the Mau Mau. The others wanted a share in the colony's all-white government. For nine days Lyttelton was silent; on the tenth day he spoke. He proposed a drastic constitutional revision whose main features were 1) a four-man war council to stamp...
Steep and unforgiving, the ski track lay like a white scar along the face of Sweden's Areskutan Mountain. Half a dozen of the world's best skiers had already tumbled into bone-bruising falls as they swooped down the dangerous drop, going all-out for the downhill championship of the world. Norway's Stein Eriksen might well have taken it easy. Far ahead on points after winning the slalom and giant slalom, the Oslo ski salesman could have coasted home to a safe, slow finish, still a sure bet for the championship of championships, the Alpine...
...minute sudden death overtime, both teams showed just how tired they were the puck consistently was kept in the center zone by slow, dull passing. It seemed neither team wanted to risk an all-out attack...