Word: formosae
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Maiden Voyage. Off Formosa, a supply officer on the U.S.S. Midway circulated a memo asking the person who had sent a brassiere to the ship's laundry to claim...
Furthermore, vast retaliatory power should not be and will not be invoked lightly. There must be an ability to oppose what may be limited probings in ways less drastic than general nuclear war. A capacity quickly to help Lebanon; such power as was rapidly deployed in the Formosa area; the presence of U.S. forces in such areas as Berlin, West Germany and Korea, all contribute essentially to the peace and security of our country...
...blinded Governor Bowles to his own party's shortcomings. In an age which he characterizes as one of "peace by terror," Bowles condemns the Democrats' negative approach to foreign affairs, particularly during the long period of silence when the party failed to articulate its opposition to the Administration's Formosa policy...
Speaking to a small crowd in New Lecture Hall, Lattimore argued that the issues in the dispute between the Nationalist Chinese and the Communists on the mainland over possession of Formosa are brought up only during times of "crises." Because of this "brink-tottering statesmanship," he said, we are "kept on the run from crisis to crisis. There are no indications," he added, "of a thorough overhaul of long range policy toward the Far East...
...paper reserves most of its run-5,500 copies-for free distribution to troops, sells the balance (at 1? a copy, 25? a month) to villagers in Quemoy, oyster fishermen in North Mountain, sweet potato and millet farmers in South Mountain. About $250 in monthly advertising revenue comes from Formosa merchants eager to fill front-line mail orders...