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Bidault had counted on strong support on either flank from the U.S. and Britain to help bolster his shaky position at home. Last week he brooded about reports that his government would be replaced by a "surrender" Cabinet eager for a settlement from which the French would ask and get nothing but a safe-conduct out of Indo-China. "A Kerensky government is being plotted behind my back," he told an intimate darkly, "which is prepared to reverse France's alliances." He meant the alliance with the U.S., which he considers France's most valuable asset...
...meeting death in perfect order; as a man or horse dropped, the riders on each side . . . opened out; as soon as they had ridden clear, the ranks closed again." Words of command "rang out as on the parade ground: 'Close in to your center. Back the right flank! Keep up. Private Smith. Left squadron, keep back. Look to your dressing.' Until at last, as the ranks grew thinner and thinner, only one command was heard: 'Close in! Close in! Close in to the center! Close in! Close in!' " It was then that France's General...
Dulles began seeking informal agreements. In Iraq he found the Foreign Ministry anxious for U.S. military assistance. In Pakistan he was asked for arms. In Ankara he discovered the Turks worrying about their eastern flank. Dulles concluded that help must not be thrust on those who do not want it, but concentrated on "those countries which want strength." No longer would the U.S. have to wait on the least interested nations...
With his map and microphone, Montgomery manipulates the make-believe war. "Now here it is. D Plus 7." He waves his hand at the map. "We've got a commander out on this flank who's calling for air power. He must have it, must have it right away. But he's just heard his area commander say he's going to use all the available air power somewhere else. He doesn't have any reserves, either. No reserves. All used up! D plus 7 and battle's lost already. What are we going...
...third quarter Harvard fumbled, and Yale recovered on the Crimson 32. Don Griffith flipped to McGill who caught the ball on the right flank, and raced over for the score. In the last period the Yardlings fumbled again, this time on the Yale 22, and the Bulldogs, considered the best Eli team in six years, moved 78 quick yards, with Heyward Meyers plunging over from the two yard line with three minutes left...