Word: parallelism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...victory? The U.N. had stamped on the reaching fingers of an aggressor, then forced him to snatch his fingers back. But few could accept with any enthusiasm Dean Acheson's insistence that a truce at the 38th parallel would mean "a successful conclusion" to the war. Acheson said: "Our objective is to stop the attack, end the aggression, restore peace-providing against the renewal of the aggression." That, said Acheson, was what the United Nations...
Then came the waiting. Along the battle lines, fighting slackened. South Korean leaders worried over the prospect of a settlement whjch would leave North Korea in Communist hands. Their legislature had already passed a resolution opposing a cease-fire at the 38th parallel. In Pusan, the powerful National Society staged a street rally and, before waving, hand-clapping Koreans, voted for a fight to the finish, immediate disarmament of North Korean Communists, and "international sanctions" against the aggressors' allies. But elsewhere in the non-Communist world, there was only cautious hope...
...Establishment of a 20-mile-deep buffer zone from five miles south of the 38th parallel on the west to a point 15 miles north on the east-roughly paralleling the line now held by the U.N., and requiring the Communists to do the moving back...
...commander in chief of United Nations forces: Your statement . . . concerning peace talks has been received. We agree to meet your representative for conducting talks concerning cessation of military action and establishment of peace. We propose that the place of meeting be in the area of Kaesong on the 38th parallel. If you agree, our representatives are prepared to meet your representative between July...
...past six weeks, Sun readers have been following Penny Wise's gushy, column-long dispatches from the Korea front. Their emphasis was on how Penny herself, not the boys, was faring. One of her first discoveries was the shortage of ladies' powder rooms along the 38th parallel. Near the front line, she "prayed fervently for a set of bulletproof undies." At Pusan, she tried on a Korean woman's costume, including an infant slung on her back (see cut). Garbled Penny: "I've always believed that when in Rome you should visit La Scala." She also...