Word: rearguard
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...Republican leaders were equally surprised. They adopted what Senator Robert Dole called a "rearguard strategy." They decided to vote against the military aid bill, which was killed, 48-42. Curiously enough, such Senate doves as Mansfield and William Fulbright voted against it because they object to giving any military assistance to foreign countries...
...most part, however, urban hoteliers have had to fight a rearguard action by offering free parking, snack bars and other appurtenances of motor inns. Motel owners have retaliated by adding nightclubs, saunas and haute cuisine (of sorts). As a result, the difference between motels and hotels is blurring. In general, motels have more self-service, more attractions for auto travelers and families, and lower prices...
...seniority edge over Lam, was so miffed when Lam was named to run the Laos operation that he retired to Saigon and turned his responsibilities over to his deputy, a colonel. During the pullout from Laos, Lam's headquarters ordered the Marines to stay behind and fight a rearguard action; when they got into trouble, Khang simply directed them, on his own authority, to come...
...prose. Although no newsmen were allowed to accompany the operation, it was clear that Saigon's troops were not only killing thousands of North Vietnamese soldiers but also taking devastating casualties themselves, and in some instances retreating in bloody disorder (see THE WORLD). Pentagon analysts called it "a rearguard action under medium pressure," and some Saigon briefers spoke of it as "redeployment"-a word that suggests the shuffling of papers from IN basket to OUT basket. One South Vietnamese general, obviously an apt student of the language, explained it as "normal troop rotation...
...were coming under increasingly intense enemy pressure. U.S. commanders insisted that Operation Lam Son 719, despite its slow pace, was scoring military gains. But Defense Secretary Melvin Laird warned President Nixon that the 17,000 ARVN troops and the 9,000 Americans who are providing logistical support and rearguard cover could expect "some tough days ahead...