Word: repelled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...legislature the sole authority over war and peace. In an earlier draft of the Constitution, they had given Congress the power to "make" war, but in the completed document, they settled on the word "declare." Madison explained that this change was made to leave "the Executive the power to repel sudden attacks." Hamilton himself, once the Constitution was safely ratified, abandoned his earlier emphasis on the restricted role of the President in military affairs...
...atomic weapons in limited wars seems to have been made. Secretary Dulles has said: "The present policies will gradually involve the use of atomic weapons as conventional weapons for tactical purposes." This week JCS Chairman Arthur Radford said that the U.S. is ready to use the atomic weapon to repel any new aggression in Korea...
...been Prime Minister of Great Britain (1945-51) and might be again, decided to go himself. Britons never forget that Attlee was the man who, in 1947, ordered Britain to rearm against the threat of Communism, who with these words sent British troops into Korea in 1950 to repel Communist aggressors: "They talk of freedom while they murder it. They talk of peace while they support aggression. They are ruthless and unscrupulous hypocrites who pretend to virtues which their philosophy rejects." "They won't fool old Clem," said pub pundits with satisfaction...
...crisis with the required tact. At Trafalgar Square traffic lights, when one Londoner leaped aboard, the conductor grinned and addressed the passengers, "Shall I chuck him off or give him a medal?" As lights halted another bus at Lower Regent Street, the conductor bellowed cheerfully, "Stand by to repel boarders...
...arms, Greece, Yugoslavia and Turkey voluntarily allied themselves against Soviet imperialism. (If anything, Britain and the U.S. tried to stall the pending pact, lest it irritate Italy, which is still at odds with Tito over Trieste.) The agreement will mobilize a combined army of 800,000 tough fighters to repel any attack from or through the Communist countries of Bulgaria and Albania.* It will also set up a consultative assembly, representing the three Parliaments, to discuss mutual problems (Yugoslavia alone of the three does not belong to NATO...