Word: counterattacks
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...given date it will move the seating of the People's Republic of Chins in the United Nations. The Chinese, misinterpreting this as a sign of weakness, stop up bombardment of Quemoy and Matsu and prepare to Invade . . . there is an invasion attempt, which is repulsed, but no counterattack on the Chinese mainland. Eventually hostilities peter out. In the meantime we have nevertheless moved the seating of the Chines in the United Nations--Just as If nothing untoward had happened. It would be vital to follow this apparently contradictory policy. . . .[Hobson's emphasis...
...General Abrams [Oct. 13]. I had the privilege of being part of his personal tank crew as driver during World War II. If or whenever (I pray never) the Russians attack the general's sector in Germany, you can bet he will be in on the counterattack but from the turret of his tank, which I presume he has named "Thunderbolt," with clouds painted on the sides and streaks of lightning in the clouds. Those of us who served with and under him knew long ago that he would be recognized in the very near future...
Through all of Hughes's counterattack ran the indignant tone of a man wounded by ingratitude. But TWA-a dog that has learned new tricks-shows no signs of coming easily to heel again...
...Army attacked and occupied the industrial city of Stalingrad on the Volga River, dislodged all but a vastly outnumbered body of Russian troops on the river's west bank. Both sides suffered staggering casualties, but the Russian rear guard held on bravely until reinforcements arrived. In a midwinter counterattack, the Russians trapped the German army, which surrendered in February 1943, and the course of the war turned...
...Republican Styles Bridges, that would oblige the President to accept every tariff-boosting recommendation put forward by the U.S. Tariff Commission. (Presidents Truman and Eisenhower rejected nearly two-thirds of the commission's proposed tariff increases.) Alarmed, New York's Republican Jacob Javits prepared a counterattack urging the Administration to take the initiative in fighting to uphold reciprocal trade...