Word: formosae
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...little screed about "imperialism." To oppose the CFIA, it is first necessary to reject even the possibility of a successful development, measured in terms of the people of a country, by American investment. It is possible, I will admit, that after continuous massive doses of foreign aid, as in Formosa, an underdeveloped country can experience an increase in per capita income...
...shipped to Okinawa. "For the first 18 months, I was a machine gunner," he says. Then he shot a 66 in a tryout for his division's golf team-and spent the remaining 2½ years of his military career in special services, playing in tournaments in Japan, Formosa and the Philippines. Mustered out in 1961, he went back to his old driving-range job and supplemented his income by hustling suckers for bets at Dallas' Tenison Municipal Golf Course. His favorite trick was to play with an adhesive-wrapped soft drink bottle instead of a club...
...went. When he was questioned about the worldwide role of the U.S., McCarthy conceded that the nation had "clear obligations," both moral and legal, to a number of countries; he specifically cited India, Japan, Israel and, surprisingly, Formosa. But he emphasized that in any area of the world where the nation's commitments are less binding, the U.S. should very cautiously balance possible losses against anticipated gains. Kennedy was far less precise, at least three times reiterated his campaign axiom that while the U.S. could not honestly ignore its international responsibilities, "I don't think...
...also happy to report that General Westmoreland has escaped Saigon safely to a windowless command center on Formosa where, incidentally, Chiang Kai-shek has offered 33,000 Nationalist Chinese troops for use in Vietnam...
Center. He gave 80 acres of land worth $500,000 in Palm Springs for an Eisenhower Medical Center, helped build a Catholic church in Formosa, was U.S. chairman of the Cerebral Palsy Foundation and the National Conference of Christians...