Word: facto
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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During the 30 days, fighting would continue. Thus the U.N. negotiators' bugaboo -a "de facto cease-fire"-would be avoided. But the effect might well be the same. Since the Eighth Army would prefer not to spend blood for territory that might later have to be given up, the U.N. would probably reduce its ground activity to token fighting, designed to hold its positions and keep down casualties. Either side, legally, could launch an offensive if it suited its purpose...
...when the cease-fire negotiations have been completed and the many other issues raised by the Korean war settled, the United States should revise its stand on the basis of the issue's merits. First there is only one reasonable criterion for de facto recognition, and that is whether the government in question really governs. Second, the Communists constitute the real governors of China, and presumably will continue in that capacity for some time...
...team had a sarcastic phrase for what the Reds were trying to get without paying for it: a "de facto ceasefire...
Parliamentary Point. Said Admiral Joy: "He [the enemy] wants all the advantages of a de facto cease-fire so that he can prolong the armistice negotiations without cost to himself. He wants immediate relief from our inexorable military pressure-the pressure which would be an 'incentive' to arrive quickly at agreement on other items...
Phony Election? The guarded answer to this question from most Venezuelans is : political instability. Like all de facto governments in Latin America, the junta dreams of the magic ceremony at the polls which can turn a military dictator into a constitutional President. Last April came the decree promising the election of a constituent assembly within 14 months...