Word: retreating
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Nevertheless, such acceptance, with its implicit retreat from the ultimate, long-maintained U.S. goal of German reunification, would undoubtedly be a serious blow to West German morale and allegiance, possibly a strain on the West European alliance, and at least a limited cold-war victory for the Russians. Realism surely demands to know what the U.S. would be getting in return...
...capital city of Vientiane last week. Soviet Ambassador Aleksandr Abramov was telling whoever would listen that "peace"-meaning Western retreat-is necessary in Laos because, should hostilities start again. Red China would enter the fray to ensure a Communist victory. For the West, it represents a Hobson's choice: surrender Laos by default, or be prepared to send in troops to hold at least the Mekong River line as a bulwark for what is left of free Southeast Asia...
...Berlin the U.S. will not retreat...
...that involves foresight." The size of a family, said Gibbons, should "take into account the physical and mental health of the parents, their economic condition, and the society in which they live. When you have such problems as crowding, lack of jobs and so forth, you need to retreat...
...Cold-Shower Glow. General Motors gave Reuther pretty much the same beribboned package that he got two weeks earlier at American Motors Corp.-but without profit sharing. One reason for G.M.'s sudden retreat was that it wants nothing to block what it hopefully expects to be a banner selling year. Said American Motors Vice President Ed Cushman: "You should have seen Walter's eyes light up like a pinball machine when two G.M. vice presidents predicted a 7,250,000-car year for 1962. Walter knew he had power there...