Word: asia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...seek full partnership with the peoples of Asia, as with all other peoples," he said. "What we want is a partnership for peace . . . We know that the peoples of Asia . . . want their farmers to own their land and to enjoy the fruits of their toil. That's one of our great national principles also. We believe in the family-size farm ... we know that the peoples of Asia want their industrial workers to have their full measure of freedom and rising standards of living. So do we . . ." Communism was a seductive "false revolution," said Harry Truman, which would leave...
...setback in Indo-China gave the Communists and fellow travelers a chance to howl for an end of the war and a negotiated peace with Viet Minh Boss Ho Chi Minh (see WAR IN ASIA...
When American paratroopers made their first combat jump of the Korean war last week (see WAR IN ASIA), eight correspondents parachuted down with them. Reported 36-year-old Robert Vermillion of the United Press: "It took the Communists by surprise; it took me by surprise too ... I was the last man to jump from the first plane . . . and anticipated no traffic jam in the air. But I ran into one anyway. About 20 feet above the ground, a paratrooper falling faster than I dropped into my parachute canopy and collapsed it around my shoulders. As a result I plunged...
...refreshing. Back to rewrite went Roving Reporter Robert W. ("Fearless") Fenwick. Crime Editor Gene Lowall (TIME, Oct. 31, 1949) was pulled out of his private office to spend half-days on rewrite. So was Drama & Music Critic Alex Murphree. Postmen on assignment in other cities and in Europe and Asia were ordered back to Denver, and all overtime work was banned. Reporters wondered when the pause would...
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