Word: loyal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Advance. We moved off at 8 a.m., through a delta that lay ostensibly at peace. In the paddies the Vietnamese peasants guided their water buffalo and their plows through the rich, black mud, relying upon Vietnamese flags mounted on sticks to convince the troops they were loyal. In a few harvested paddies there were beds of deep purple flowers. A mine suddenly blew up one of our trucks, but the explosion did not bother a pregnant woman padding impassively along with her bare-bottomed child and her geese. French artillery opened fire, yet a couple of peasants dog-trotted calmly...
...board, it was disclosed last night, reached the conclusion that Oppenheimer is "a loyal citizen" of the United States but is nevertheless a security risk...
Keep hammering ... at the difference between the Communists, who are a very real danger, and loyal citizens, whose rights to think for themselves, to make mistakes and to change their minds, are being taken away...
Jenner and Capehart conceded defeat with as much bad grace as they could muster. Said the Senators: "We see no further good to be gained by having fine, loyal [Republicans] further threatened, coerced, browbeaten and tortured. Therefore, we are recommending to all our loyal friends that the Republican banner in Indiana fly under the leadership of George Craig...
...issue with which he is particularly concerned as Attorney-General, Herbert Brownell's pitch to the people is clear: that the Democrats, though loyal, are too lax about Communists, the Midwesterners too reckless. He has never explicitly stated his theory of political success. But his actions make it quite clear; simply run a steamroller down the middle of the road...