Word: delta
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...happened that Route Coloniale 41 was Red General Giap's direct line of advance against Hanoi and the Red River Delta, but Huard apparently accepted the Red terms without question. That night the French army radio put out this note of appreciation: "The delegates of the French high command thank the delegates of the Viet people's army for their humanitarian concern." And the Communists seemed just as friendly next day when they helped load the first eleven wounded into a couple of French helicopters: "We hope you will remember what we have done for you. We hope...
Tragic Delay. Until Friday, Bidault clung to the hope of help from his friend John Foster Dulles: perhaps some direct U.S. intervention, perhaps a declaration that the Tonkin delta around Hanoi was vital to the free world and would be defended if necessary by U.S. arms. That afternoon Dienbienphu fell. Overnight, Bidault read Dulles' speech, admitting that "present conditions there do not provide a suitable basis for the U.S. now to participate with its armed forces." It was a tragic day for Georges Bidault. To a sympathetic questioner, he said wearily: "My trumps? When I look at my hand...
Last week there were signs that recriminations between the allies were dying down and new ways of getting together were being sought. De Castries' last stand had stirred Britain's admiration. Wrote London's influential Daily Telegraph: "The local lesson of Dienbienphu is that the Red Delta must be defended, not abandoned." Added the Spectator: "The fact that Britain and the U.S. ... decided not to attempt the virtually impossible-the relief of Dienbienphu-does not mean that they should refuse to attempt the possible-the effective defense of large remaining areas of Indo-China...
...with an afterburner, the engine that pushed the F-100 Super Sabre (TIME, Oct. 26) to an official supersonic speed record (755 m.p.h.) for military planes. The husky 20-ft. package of power is also being installed in Douglas' bat-winged fighter, the F4D Skyray, Convair's delta-winged F-102, Boeing's B-52 bomber, to give them an extra kick...
...thousands of loyal and devoted Amherst alumni these week-end occasions, which have evolved out of the founding of the first fraternity, Alpha Delta Phi, as a literary organization in the 1830's, house their fondest memories. The chance outsider welcomed into the Spring House Party--more sophisticated and relaxed than Dartmouth's Winter Carnival--is apt to come away with the impression that the average Amherst man is such a polished week-ender, he could not do anything else half so well. Actually, this is not the case...