Word: defendable
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...south bank of the Han seemed the logical place to make a stand, abandoning the capital to the enemy. But General Van Fleet, who had taken over command of the Eighth Army only two weeks before, announced his bold decision to defend Seoul. Said he last week: "[We] welcome the opportunity to destroy the Communist army north of the Han." At night, as the Reds massed for their assault on Seoul, allied night-flying planes spotted no fewer than 3,000 enemy trucks driving south with their lights on, smashed...
Seymour E. Harris '20, professor of Economics, must find a professor who is willing to defend MacArthur's policies for a Wednesday faculty discussion group...
Should the U.S. defend Formosa from Communist attack? The vote...
Like horseplayers, cockfighters are apt to defend their sport on the ground that they are "improving the breed." Their shoptalk is spiced with argument on the merits of reds, doms, warhorses, and other leading breeds. But the lure of the main time & again is not that academic; it is the vicarious thrill in a bloody contest that gives and asks no quarter...
...when he issued his great statement of June 27, 1950. The Reds had invaded South Korea and Truman proclaimed to the world that the U.S. would resist this aggression. He did not, however, limit his action to Korea. In the same brief statement he said that the U.S. would defend Formosa (this decision reversed an Acheson policy) and give additional aid to anti-Communist forces in the Philippines and Indo-China...