Word: retreating
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...failed to materialize. For another, when the MIGs are aloft, U.S. planes fly closer to the ground to avoid becoming targets -and that makes them more vulnerable to intense flak and small-arms fire. Moreover, as one Air Force general put it, if the MIGs were forced to retreat to Red Chinese airfields, their effectiveness would be drastically reduced, since they would then have only three to five minutes' "loiter time" over Hanoi...
Reagan is aware of the problem, says he is looking for ways to prevent "the big bump coming all at once." But he refuses to retreat. "Withholding is a painless way of extracting money, and the very fact that it is painless means Government is always willing to ask for more," he says. "It is Government's responsibility to use your money wisely." That responsibility, he insists, is his-whatever the political fallout...
...neighbor in Princeton, Edward S. Greenbaum, 77, a literary lawyer whose most celebrated recent victory had been on behalf of Author William Manchester's Death of a President. With the approval of the State Department, both men flew to Switzerland to talk to Svetlana at her secret retreat...
...election certificate arrives in the House Clerk's mailbox some time next week, nobody is quite sure of what will happen. Powell could force a showdown by appearing in person to demand admission, but thus far he has shown no inclination to leave his Bimini retreat. Representatives who want Powell admitted could force the is sue by seeking to reverse the House decision to exclude him, but they are likely to be defeated. If anything, congressional sentiment has hardened against the preacher-playboy in recent weeks. "The reasons for excluding him in the first place," said Missouri Republican Thomas...
...Unfortunately, the anti-war movement itself is involved in these public-relations images, and is likely to be seriously demoralized, both by the escalation and by the disappearance or substantial retreat of Congressional opposition and other established dissent....There is a very real danger that frustration is leading to feelings of imponence which may immobilize potential organizers. Nonetheless, we believe that the anti-war movement is capable of making a significant, immediate response in the face of the new situation and that it must do so if it is to maintain its integrity and its identity as an independent force...