Word: overrun
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...Whose troops are attacking deep in the country of somebody else? Whose country is being overrun by an invading army? The Republic of Korea...
...attack came at dawn. I had just time to empty four clips of my rifle before they had overrun us. My rifle was jammed and wouldn't shoot. I picked up another and it was no good. I yelled to the lieutenant and he tossed me a bayonet. The first enemy wave was past. I figured I had to die, so I dug out a can of fruit cocktail and ate it. Then the lieutenant asked: 'Are you willing to die? If you are, I will call for mortar fire.' I could see the next wave coming...
...Kremlin lost Formosa; and it had an unexpected fight on its hands in Korea. While serious, the Kremlin's mistake was not vital. The U.S.S.R.'s stooges might still overrun South Korea, in which case the U.S. would lose much new-found face in Asia. And if the North Koreans were beaten, what? The main elements of Communist power would still be intact, ready to fight another...
What did worry tiremakers was the possibility that Far East sources of natural rubber might again be overrun by enemy invaders. This fear last week drove the price of July rubber futures up to 35½ a lb., the highest in 22 years and more than double the price of six months ago. But the U.S. acted swiftly to guarantee adequate stockpiles of synthetic rubber. At the urging of rubber manufacturers, the White House ordered back into production three of the Government's twelve idle wartime synthetic-rubber plants: a butyl plant at Baton Rouge, La., a butadine plant...
...late, all right, for Korea, which was still in serious danger of being overrun by the Communists; it was late for all of Asia. But there was a good chance that it was not too late...