Word: retreating
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There are other limitations. A strong nation can shrug off the disapproval of its friends-but not for long, as Britain learned to its dismay when world opinion forced it to retreat from Suez in 1956. It does not follow, however, that when friends agree with a course of action, their aid can be counted on. It is a paradox, says General Alfred M. Gruenther, that "our power tends to hurt the alliance system." The U.S., he points out, "seems so mighty that our smaller allies stand aside...
...area. Though the allies claimed 2,000 enemy dead in the city, the U.S. command was worried by the presence of a reserve unit of some 1,000 Viet Cong still lurking in Saigon and not yet committed to battle. Allied troops ringed the city to cut off their retreat...
Credibility Gap. There are plenty of reasons for the British disenchantment with Wilson: the turndown of Britain's application to the Common Market, Britain's shrinking role as a world power, the retreat from East of Suez, austerity at home and the feeling that Wilson has equivocated in his statements to the country-a Wilsonian credibility gap that is equal to Lyndon Johnson's. Wilson has heatedly denounced "the defeatist cries, the moaning minnies, the wet editorials," but he seems unable to halt his rapid slide. A new national poll released last week...
Simpler & Livelier. "Most living rooms are a total disaster because they are not used-they were meant to be looked at," says San Francisco Decorator Michael Taylor. Taylor spent a year transforming San Francisco Socialite Mrs. Davies Lewis' drawing room from a masculine retreat with wood-paneled walls and bookcases (the taste of the former occupant) into an elegant, eclectic ensemble. "It is more European than San Franciscan, which is what I wanted," says Mrs. Lewis, who has used Taylor twice before, jokes that she agrees with Taylor on all but one matter. "I don't usually like...
...there. Offer him something better and he will watch it just as avidly. That responsibility falls partly to the networks, but mostly to the parents. Child psychiatrists agree that parents should-indeed must-exercise some control over TV viewing time and program selection. Otherwise, Video Boy may retreat to the box, and any time spent beyond 25 hours of weekly viewing is regarded as a sign of emotional disturbance...