Word: retreating
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...only a few ready troops of its own; the French had half a million men under arms, but did they have the will to fight? At a time when the U.S. was publicly assuring its allies of military aid and protection, some Pentagon brasshats were talking privately of a retreat to the Pyrenees. But by last week the Pentagon had placed a new estimate on Western endurance: the line of the Elbe could be held for at least six months; for every six months of peace the West could gain still another 30 days...
...artist is seen above affectionately eyeing the exit, through which he and "Annabelle" shortly beat a hasty retreat...
...siege of Richmond. But he found his local competition no demoralized Confederate Army. The morning Age-Herald (circ. 45,804) and the evening News (circ. 166,017), both published by C. B. Hanson Jr., made things so hot for Howard that last week he beat a strategic retreat. He folded the money-losing Post, and signed up as junior partner with the opposition (which folded the Age-Herald) in a new combined morning newspaper...
...proof that this policy worked, Dr. Kalinowsky points to the retreat of the shattered Nazi armies from Stalingrad in the bitter winter of 1942-43: "Many soldiers were unable to continue due to physical exhaustion, but hysterical symptoms were extremely rare. They did not promise any gain, and failure to stay with the group could lead only to death from exposure or, at the best, to imprisonment by the Russians." Delayed reactions after the soldier was safe were more common but usually did not last long-again, because there was nothing to gain...
...came to work for TIME Inc., soon took charge of TIME-LIFE'S Shanghai Bureau, the sort of job for which he had been carefully preparing himself since he laid aside his uniform. He told the great and bitter story of Nationalist China's demoralization and retreat, of the Communist sweep to victory...