Word: maneuverers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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According to the Speaker, a parliamentary maneuver forced Congress to vote on the UMT bill as it was before the Armed Services Committee had saddled it with amendments, and this assured its defeat. This time the softened bill will be submitted.
"National Union." Hurrying back to Paris last week from Britain, where he had spoken before the Oxford Union (see EDUCATION), 73-year-old Paul Reynaud boldly turned his back on the formula of weak minority coalitions set by his predecessors. Instead, he appealed to all French parties, except the Communists...
Shearer had visions of a snarling, harness-tangled mass of dogs taking off, pellmell, after the cat. It was much too late to stop the straining team. Shearer could only hope that his lead dog, Shamus, true to sled-dog tradition and training, would stay on the beaten path. Shamus...
General Salan described the retreat as a "tactical maneuver," and pointed out that it would leave more of his troops free to tackle Communist guerrillas operating near Hanoi. But Communists crowed victory. The capture of Hoa Binh gave them Route No. 12 as a supply line to the Chinese border...
Vag glanced in the back of the library book and noted that it was already three weeks overdue. "Might be a good idea to slip it into the night slot at Lamont and see if I can duck the fine," he mused. "Definitely a shrewd maneuver."