Word: committing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...starts with the strategic initiative because the U.S. has the mobility that goes with sea & air power. President Truman tosses aside this enormous advantage when he takes the position that the U.S. should not go after the enemy except in those geographical areas where the enemy has recently committed aggression. This gives the enemy full freedom to concentrate and then commit aggression wherever the free world is weak. Truman's principle relieves the enemy of all concern for security...
...which, Lie admitted, has had no encouragement from the Chinese Reds. "Unless and until there is such a sign," said Lie, "the United Nations has no alternative but to continue to fight to repel, and if possible, end the aggression in Korea with all the force it can safely commit to that action." Harry Truman offered no more. He sent out his press secretary to tell newsmen that U.S. policy is still the same; specifically, it still includes the "neutralization" of Formosa, which means that the U.S. Seventh Fleet keeps Mao from invading Formosa and keeps Chiang from raiding...
Heaven only knows what the committee hopes to gain by such legislation. It states that some of the group examined the Maryland law in action. Surely these men, at least, know that real subversion is not stopped by this kind of law: the man who will actually commit treason and sabotage will not wince at having to tell a lie on his loyalty oath blank. By letting the state control thought, by damning all "left-wing" groups together, the law itself subverts the entire way of life which we are now struggling to preserve and spread...
...struck the back of Ali Razmara's head, was enough to cause instant death. Two other bullets hit him in the neck and chest. The fourth shot wounded a policeman who was trying to grapple with the assassin.* Police said that Tahmassebi and three accomplices were trying to commit suicide when finally subdued...
...Shih, have been too soft on antiCommunists. Punishment must now be meted out quickly and heavily. Under her new codes, courts may order a prisoner shot for his "intentions"-which the courts must judge at their discretion. They can punish "counterrevolutionaries" who are merely "waiting for a chance to commit a crime." The new penalties may be retroactive, Madame Shih continued. Verdicts "should conform to prevailing policy...