Word: maneuverers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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"The Arabs who left Palestine," Liveran explained, "did so because the leaders of the Arab states themselves forced them out as part of a war maneuver to block the roads by packing civilians into the path of the Jewish army, following the example of Hitler in World War II. This...
"Partners Without Responsibilities." This sudden, uncompromising maneuver was part of little Georges Bidault's attempt to keep a promise he made to John Foster Dulles: before going off to Geneva, he would get a date set for France's too-long-postponed parliamentary decision on EDC. Three days...
As every space fan knows, the spaceship will approach the moon tail first, its rocket motors blasting hard enough to cancel the speed of falling through the moon's gravitational field. As it nears the surface, it will extend three spring-cushioned legs on which (if all goes well...
Try the U.N. Western diplomats promptly skewered the Soviet maneuver for the impossible thing it was. The State Department noted that only a few weeks ago at Berlin, Molotov had lambasted NATO and introduced his pan-European pact idea with the specific proviso that the U.S. should be excluded except...
Those were the days of the "flying wedge," a V-shaped offense (now long outlawed) that cut through defenses like a bulldozer. Pudge devised the classic counter-maneuver: "As the wedge formed, I backed away to get a running start, put on full steam ahead, took off like a broad...