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Word: disavowals (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...them both head-on in a steely 40-minute speech that neatly divided his critics. To the left he offered the assurance that "there is no question of our sending troops to Viet Nam," adding that if the U.S. bombed civilian population centers in North Viet Nam, Britain would disavow its support. On the other hand, he said, Britain would not withdraw from Asia and leave it "to the Americans and Chinese, eyeball to eyeball, to face this thing out." That, said Wilson, "is the surest prescription for a nuclear holocaust I could think of. 'World, go home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Britain: Dividing the Critics | 6/24/1966 | See Source »

France's North Atlantic Treaty partners have long since resigned themselves to a breakup in the family provoked by Charles de Gaulle. Many thought he would disavow the treaty-or, at the very least, insist on NATO's complete overhaul and reform. But last week, in letters penned by the master of the Elysée in his long, sloping hand and sent to President Johnson and other NATO-country chiefs, De Gaulle at last spelled out his concept of a separation agreement. It turned out that he had in mind neither a complete divorce nor a fresh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: The Cost of Moving | 3/18/1966 | See Source »

...that Nelson Rockefeller was getting skittish about Lodge's presidential potential, particularly in view of recent polls indicating that more than 30% of New Hampshire's voters may write in either Lodge's name or that of Richard Nixon. Rockefeller backers have urged Lodge to disavow, in no uncertain terms, any New Hampshire hopes. Last week one Rocky aide was overheard telling the Governor that still another staffer was "calling Cabot once more to tell him he's got two days to put up or shut up." And Rockefeller followed that up with a personal phone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republicans: Fire from the Home Front | 2/28/1964 | See Source »

...LIKE BARRY BEST, and he drew 5,000 with a speech at the city's new Coliseum. Arriving in San Francisco, Goldwater told newsmen that the John Birch Soci ety's latest attack on John F. Kennedy as a Communist dupe was "detestable," but he refused to disavow Birchite support. "The John Birch Society is far less of a menace to the U.S. than the Americans for Democratic Action or the U.A.W.," he said. "These are the people who advocate socialism." Up on Nob Hill, Barry got an enthusiastic reception from 2,000 at the Commonwealth Club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republicans: Finally, Zeroing In | 2/21/1964 | See Source »

...same subject on French television: "As a Catholic, I am only required to believe in the dogmas of my religion and the Pope. The Pope is only infallible when he decrees something ex cathedra. I do not believe that he will put himself in his chair to disavow me, because that would be a very bad blow to Catholicism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Dragon Lady, Dragonfly | 9/20/1963 | See Source »

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