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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...allies--could intervene to support Chiang's forces to untenable positions and a strong enemy. But either choice would be ruinous; war over indefensible islands without allied support would be folly in our own eyes and aggression in the eyes of the Asian neutrals. Yet abandonment of Chiang would appear as retreat from a victorious enemy. Negotiation is the only feasible solution. Bargaining involving surrender of strategically unimportant and militarily indefensible Quemoy and Matsu need not be appeasement if the U.S. gains some immediate benefits in return--such as the return of imprisoned U.S. flyers and a cease-fire...
Last week a conference on "Enzyme Action" dropped after Harvard professors refused to appear...
...Passed a bill under which congressional committees could ask federal courts to order balky witnesses to appear, thus subjecting them to contempt-of-court penalties for refusal...
...capable of changing it again; but the pressure on him is growing because the Tories plan to hold a general election this year-and they want Eden to lead them. With the Laborites bitterly divided over Rebel Aneurin Bevan (see below), the chances of a Tory victory appear greater than they have been in years. The most recent Gallup poll in the London News Chronicle gives Labor 44½% of the vote (a decline of almost 3% since last November), compared with 46½% for the government. This is enough, say the party managers, to increase the Tory majority...
...Matter of Honor. To the Rocket's fans, the sentence was intolerable. The kindest words they had for Campbell were profane assurances that he did not have long to live. The league president got so many threats that it became a matter of honor for him to appear in the Montreal Forum next evening when the Rocketless Canadiens took on the Detroit Red Wings...