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...weather itself was hampering supply operations. Last month, when the weather was warm and the Chinese had not yet intervened, corps and division commanders had clamored incessantly for food and ammunition to keep the mop-up rolling. After the Chinese attack, the first call was for fighting supplies to repel the new enemy. Winter clothing shipments had taken a low priority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War: Dreadful Winter | 11/27/1950 | See Source »

...Life's stock. Out to Sun Life's Canadian stockholders went frantic telephone pleas from company officers not to sell, to "keep this fine old Canadian company Canadian." At the Dominion Insurance Office's behest, Canadian Finance Minister Douglas Abbott took one step to repel the invaders. He announced last fortnight that he would sponsor a bill to "freeze" Canadian insurance companies' dividend-payment policies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INSURANCE: Border Raid | 11/20/1950 | See Source »

...rugby team tied Princeton, 0 to 0, at Princeton on Saturday morning. The game, played in cold weather, was tight battle all the way, and the Crimson scrum was called upon to repel a determined Tiger offensive in the second half...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ruggers Tie Princeton | 11/13/1950 | See Source »

...Brief from Vermont. No previous council meeting, even those that faced the crises over Iran and Palestine, had been so important. North Korea had rejected the U.N. cease-fire order. For the first time in its five faltering years, U.N. faced the issue of taking up arms to repel an armed attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Brave 474th | 7/10/1950 | See Source »

...before a judge in chambers, Austin twanged: "The armed invasion of the Republic of Korea continues. This is, in fact, an attack on the United Nations itself." He urged that "the Members of the United Nations furnish such assistance to the Republic of Korea as may be necessary to repel the armed attack and to restore international peace and security to the area...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Brave 474th | 7/10/1950 | See Source »

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