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Word: asia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Pull out of Korea. Complete withdrawal would threaten Japan's security and undermine anti-Communists throughout Asia. Alternatives: pull U.N. troops out of the trenches, but threaten the Communist China mainland with air and naval retaliation if the Reds cross the present Korean front lines; replace U.N. troops on the line with South Koreans as fast as they are trained. Keep U.S. supporting arms (air, artillery, supply) in action, but hold infantry divisions in strategic reserve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Estimate of the Situation | 12/8/1952 | See Source »

...theory, if true, could plausibly explain the fact that Mau Mau agents have been caught infiltrating along the lower slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro into Tanganyika Territory, and that a Mau Mau-like society whose slogan is "Kill the Whites and Christians" is growing in the Belgian Congo. With Asia in flames, the Reds are apparently getting ready to fan the fires of revolt in colonial Africa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KENYA: Slight Change for the Worse | 12/8/1952 | See Source »

Even a small satellite could be made to shine at dusk. It could inflate a plastic balloon which would gleam as brightly in the sunlight as a first-magnitude star. This "American star," rising in the west, should make a powerful impression on the peoples of Asia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Journey into Space | 12/8/1952 | See Source »

...Blockade the Communist coast of Asia -"If the ship isn't operating to the advantage of free men who are dying on Korean ridges, then let the ship be turned back. Or sunk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: A Positive Proposal | 12/1/1952 | See Source »

...Crusades, however, was the lack of unity between the Western Europeans and the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium), whose army, until late in the 12th century, was still the strongest and best disciplined in the world. Working with the Byzantines, the Crusaders might have pushed the Moslems back into Asia. The Western Europeans were never strong enough to do the job by themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Give Us Crosses! | 12/1/1952 | See Source »

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