Word: retreat
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Going to the Well. The Administration had helped to fuel such sentiment. After failing to make a convincing case that South Vietnamese forces would withdraw from Cambodia along with American units by July 1, the Administration began to retreat from even that prediction last week. If, said Laird, South Vietnamese troops have to "clean out" the Communist sanctuaries again, he would not rule out the use of U.S. air and logistic support. Yet in Nixon's May 8 press conference, when he said that he "would expect" Saigon's troops to withdraw at the same time U.S. forces...
...preamble less of a challenge to presidential authority. However, the operative provisions that follow remain the same, barring funds for a number of specific military purposes in Cambodian territory and airspace. Scott said that the modification did not satisfy the White House. Warned Church: "There can be no retreat on substance...
...Thomas Francis Gibbon, 43, waded into a crowd on the sidewalk when he saw some onlookers flashing the V peace sign. Gibbon grabbed his crowbar from his side and shouted: "You goddam Commie bastards!" Brandishing the crowbar, he advanced on one man in a business suit, who chose to retreat. "You goddam coward!" Gibbon yelled after him. "You don't know what an American...
Then the outnumbered and partially encircled contingent of Guardsmen ran out of tear gas. Suddenly they seemed frightened. They began retreating up the hill toward Taylor Hall, most of them walking backward to keep their eyes on the threatening students below. The crowd on the hilltop consisted almost entirely of onlookers rather than rock throwers. The tight circle of retreating Guardsmen contained officers and noncoms from both regiments, but no single designated leader. With them in civilian clothes was Brigadier General Robert Canterbury, the ranking officer on the campus, who said later: "I was there...
...shoes, British clothes, German autos, French food and Japanese cameras. Producers have profited from sales abroad of U.S. aircraft and computers, heavy machinery and soft drinks. The domestic economy gained as well, because international competition helped check inflation. The boons were so apparent that protectionism has been in steady retreat. Now in 1970, a year of economic distress, protectionism is making a comeback...