Word: bulks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Between the U.N. anvil at Seoul and the U.N. hammer at Pusan the bulk of the enemy's strength would be pounded. "By employing [our] two great advantages," predicted MacArthur, "we are going to wrest the ground initiative from him . . . If that can be accomplished, these [Communist] forces will sooner or later disintegrate...
...President was also noting that it was Johnson who was getting the bulk of the brickbats from the public. The Veterans of Foreign Wars had already issued a demand for a thorough Defense Department shake-up (TIME, Sept. 11). Last week, despite an eloquent presidential appeal, the Marine Corps League had gone right ahead to pass a thundering censure of Louis Johnson (see above) and a demand for his resignation. But it had voted down a similar thrust at Dean Acheson...
...based, the evacuation drill was even more realistic. Buses took women with small babies to Elmendorf Field where Army clerks speedily checked them through to planes. A special train stood by to take other priority passengers to the Army port at Whittier, 60 miles to the southeast. Meanwhile, the bulk of Anchorage's dependents jumped into automobiles and drove a full 50 miles down the road which connects with the Alaska Highway...
...battle performance, must have had excellent military training. The North Korean soldiers themselves range in age from 16 to 30 or slightly over. They are divided into three distinct classes. The first includes regular army troops who have been training under Russian direction since 1946. These make up the bulk of the crack 1st, 2nd and 3rd Divisions (now northwest of Taegu). Next are troops who had served before with the Chinese Communist armies. They are well-trained and possibly the most hardened troops of the lot. They comprise the bulk of the 4th (now in the southwest near Yongsan...
...bulk of the arriving class registers Thursday and its football and musical talent begin activities at 4 and 7:15 p.m. Thursday respectively. Grid candidates appear at Dillon Field House and musicians try out in Paine Hall...