Word: patch
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sleek little (39 ft.) yawl Malay had finished the Newport-Bermuda race, "the thrash to the onion patch," the night before. Now she edged through Two Rock Passage into Hamilton Harbor. A small sloop drew abeam, and the Malay's skipper called across the stretch of water: "Who won the race?" The small-boat sailors slid past the yawl's counter and read the name on the stern. Their astonished answer drifted back: "Malay...
...Brier Patch. Granny has built herself a comfortable house, with a guest room that is almost always occupied by a visiting missionary, and a kitchen that seems crowded day and night by neighbors. She refuses all offers of a vacation in the U.S. simply because she is afraid something will prevent her from getting back...
Could the U.S. act to patch the hole? Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, in a series of speeches across the continent, laid down the five conditions for U.S. military intervention in Indo-China: I) "an invitation from the present lawful authorities"; 2) "clear assurance of complete independence to Laos, Cambodia and Viet Nam"; 3) "evidence of concern by the United Nations"; 4) "a joining in the collective effort of some of the other nations of the area"; and 5) "assurance that France will not itself withdraw from the battle until it is won." No one really thought these conditions...
...your story on the 45th Infantry Division (TIME, May 3). During my military service, I guess I griped as much as any other GI. But the 14 months in Korea that I wore the Thunderbird patch on my left sleeve were proud ones . . . Thanks for your tribute to a topnotch outfit...
...week's end, Dulles tried to patch together a few scraps from the debris-though the Indo-China conference had not yet even formally begun. He called a Sunday meeting with Australia and New Zealand, discussed when and if a united front in Southeast Asia could be put together. He also sounded out Thailand and the Philippines. Monday morning he boarded his plane for Milan and a brief talk with Italy's Premier Scelba before flying on homeward...