Word: breakdown
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...alongside U.S. and British troops in SHAPE. By the end of 1953, said the French last week, this Army will have some 1,000,000 men. About half, or 590,000 of them, will be organized into combat divisions, the rest will be service and support troops. The divisional breakdown: 14 French, 12 German, 12 Italian, and five from Benelux (Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg...
...Princess and the Duke made their rounds of Washington without a serious breakdown in schedule, a mob scene, a sullen threat, or even a burst of Irish heckling. Partly this was due to the good manners of the capital's experienced parade watchers, and partly to the good management of a 175-lb. ex-cop, Bill Huskey, who carries the title of "special assistant to the chief, division of security, Department of State...
Before returning to the U.S. for a visit, Ambassador Alan G. Kirk called on Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky to discuss the "present impasse" in Korea. Said Kirk: "The Soviet government must surely recognize that, as a simple statement of fact, the breakdown of armistice talks in Korea would add greatly to the explosive character of the situation, and might stimulate a course of events which would be undesirable from the point of view of both our governments...
...breakdown of rank lists in the College for June, 1951, is: Group I, 2.6 percent; Group II, 12.0; Group III, 22.6; Group IV, 24.2; Group V, 19.0; Group VI, 1.6; Unsatisfactory, Incomplete, and Withdrawals...
...Defense Department reports 7,016 more U.S. battle casualties in Korea (including 1,154 killed in action) during the period from Sept. 7 to Oct. 5, bringing total U.S. battle casualties to 88,012. The breakdown...