Word: combatting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...said that statements, which appeared in the CRIMSON yesterday, by Dean Bender and the involved students "have done much to combat the bad publicity engendered by the incident. Although the petition has received a good initial response," he declared, "further circulation will be discontinued, because the original purposes of the petition have been...
Levine said that unless the petition is signed by at least 90 percent of the college, it will be ineffective and the Lowell campaign will be carried to all the Houses. If the petition receives overwhelming support, he said, it will be given to the wire services "to combat the unfavorable publicity engendered by this incident throughout the nation...
...assigned "BIGOT X" cards could not-which placed "BIGOT Y" two security classifications above mere top-secret. Despite these precautions . . . the southern France invasion (named ANVIL) was notorious as the worst-kept secret of the war. I recall hearing Neapolitan street urchins in July calling at members of our combat divisions: "Hey, Joe, when you go to France-next month?" GILBERT L. BURTON Palo Alto, Calif...
Arms. Good but not good enough. A year ago, when Ike took over, he had eleven available divisions, only one of them combat ready. Now he has 30, of which 20 are combat ready. The other ten are in "good position" in southern France and northern Italy. To support the land forces, there are 14 tactical air wings. SHAPE figures itself about 10% shy of its present goals. The big military question at Lisbon is German rearmament: the conflict between Germany's price for rearming and France's conditions for letting Germany rearm (see FOREIGN NEWS). Technically, Lisbon...
...Fifth Air Force had some grim announcements last week: in fighter-bombers (56 Thunder jets and Shooting Stars; 55 propeller-driven Mustangs) have been lost to enemy AA. fire in the past five months. January was the worst month of the air war, with 52 U.N. planes lost in combat, and 44 of them were downed by flak. Already heavy and deadly, Red flak is growing constantly more so. Said a U.S. airman gravely: "The free ride is over...