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...century, it was the fulfillment of all of my boyish hopes and dreams . . . The hopes and dreams have long since vanished, but I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular barracks ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that old soldiers never die; they just fade away...
...like the old soldier of that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Goodbye...
...managers of WCRB complain that they are "swamped with long hairs who want announcing jobs" and advertisers who say they can't do anything in twenty seconds. But there are more serious problems facing the station. Subscription financing may fade out after the initial enthusiasm wears off. WCRB's license allows only daylight operation which listen is to the unresponsive "housewife audience...
Such Chinese reinforcement would drive home the big question raised again by MacArthur. If the Chinese committed another huge army to Korea, the prospect of a settlement of the Korean war would fade still more. And such a Chinese commitment would mean that the coast of China was more open to attack and pressure than it had been before. Chinese policy seemed to be forcing the U.N. toward a major political decision: U.N. policymakers would have to decide whether to try to win the war by striking directly at Red China, e.g., by naval blockade and air assault...
Road, where he and his brothers collect art and lavishly entertain visiting mob chieftains. Those that didn't fade were mortally embarrassed by the subpoena servers. "They went around to the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker," complained Joe Adonis. "They made slurring remarks...