Word: retreating
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...million population. Party Boss D. N. Aidit suggested that Indonesia's 412,000-man armed forces be "supervised" by politically oriented NASAKOM ("guided democracy") cadres, which the P.K.I. believes it could dominate. That seemed all right with Sukarno. "Go ahead," he urged the P.K.I. "Go onward and never retreat...
...eighth attempt on his life, and he only narrowly managed to escape. Barrientos also faces challenges within his own military, where pressures are growing against his increasingly autocratic ways (TIME, May 21). But he made it clear to both sides last week that he did not intend to retreat. "There is no compromise," he cried, "with the junta-or with Barrientos...
...they have not been unionized or homogenized." A great many other intellectuals, particularly the younger ones, are far less worried about being corrupted by "the world." They may suspect intellectuals in authority, but they have little patience with what Brandeis Political Scientist John P. Roche calls "career alienationists." A retreat into academe does not guarantee intellectual purity. Universities are full of "pure" academics, uncorrupted by politics (except academic politics, of course), who are thinking in cliches. On the other hand, a great many intellectuals in government or business retain their ability to think for themselves. In the end, what counts...
...Americans, we are constantly faced with the problem of making a choice," Hoffmann explained. In his attempts to explain why gradual withdrawal was the "lesser of two evils," Hoffmann asked "Is defeat more demoralizing than a strategic retreat, especially when...
Perhaps the abuses in the Awori's interview were caused by ineptness, not be a conscious policy of intimidation. But obtuseness in such delicate matters may still have restrictive effects. After being confronted by a barrage of questions from the FBI, foreign students, afraid of losing their visas, might retreat into political silence. Similarly, American students may curb their activism to avoid contact with the Bureau. Although they are legally under no obligation to answer questions unless subpoenaed, they are confronted by a distasteful dilemma: refusal to answer an agent's queries or an interview itself will "go on their...