Word: retreat
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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South Vietnam suffered its worst defeat of the drive Sunday as an elite ranger battalion was forced to retreat by heavy North Vietnamese attacks. The battalion had almost 300 of its 450 men killed or wounded. Over 60 of the wounded were left behind in the retreat...
...Secretary Ronald Ziegler advised, was only "the first phase of the operation." Until mid-April, when Nixon is due to announce a new U.S. troop withdrawal, a series of jabs at enemy stockpiles and supply lines can be expected. The object, the Administration insists, is to cover the U.S. retreat that has been under way since June 1969, when Nixon announced the beginning of a phased withdrawal of the 543,000 troops in Viet Nam. Since the manpower escalator stopped, the U.S. troop level has been reduced by more than 40% ; by May 1, fewer than 284,000 troops will...
...process of covering the retreat, however, the Administration has raised the question: Has the U.S. got into the position of invading Cambodia to ease the pressure on South Viet Nam and then sponsoring an invasion of Laos to ease the pressure on Cambodia? Many Americans who believe that Nixon is serious about getting out of Viet Nam nonetheless are unsettled by the way in which the war has slopped over into previously neutral areas, and especially by the vaguely Orwellian-sounding argument that the U.S. must get deeper into the war in order to get out faster and safely...
...world community. In some key respects, Sadat's Suez Canal offer is vague. He did not indicate, for instance, whether Egypt would allow Israeli vessels to use the waterway once it is cleared, dredged and reopened. But it is at least a new proposal. Even though a partial retreat from the canal would pose serious tactical problems for security-minded Israelis, they risk a new round of world censure if they spurn the idea out of hand...
BEARS don't do much when it's cold. As the days shorten and the temperature drops, they retreat into their caves. It's almost as though they'd disappeared; if you didn't know better, you might think they were dead. But actually, they're quite alive, performing most of their bear-functions, quietly, unobtrusively. And when the warm weather returns, they emerge from underground, healthy and refreshed, ready to start all over again...