Word: retreating
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Retreat. This is what he told the church in his inaugural sermon, in which he also cited the late Dag Hammarskjöld's aphorism: "In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action." The time has passed, said Hines, when Christians can retreat within their ecclesiastical for tress to recite prayers and polish brass. "The church is caught up today in the throes of a worldwide convulsion, the basic ferment of which is the thrust for freedom and dignity and hope on the part of the little people of the world. The church...
There may be much wisdom in Johnson's present watchful waiting. But his relative inaction, especially concerning Viet Nam-where he insists that the U.S. must neither retreat nor expand the war-has created a kind of vacuum. And this vacuum is encouraging a growing chorus advocating U.S. withdrawal or something close to it (see following story). Therein lies perhaps the greatest challenge to Lyndon Johnson's potentially excellent first full term: he will have to master the Great Society, foreign division...
Full Reckoning. "Apartheid is a contraction of the human spirit, an impoverishing act of self-concern, a retreat from life," wrote Gandar in one signed Page One editorial. "Come on, let's raise some hell," he urged all those who may disapprove of apartheid. "Do not allow yourself for one moment to think that protest serves no purpose. It shows an increasingly hostile world that all White South Africans do NOT subscribe to the shameful actions and attitudes of this racist government...
...stands importantly at the head of the gangway in his capacity as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, noting his own flag, designed by him, flying above the bridge. He is obviously using the warship as the most agreeable means he can think of to journey up to his vacation retreat at Campobello...
That sounds, of course, like a call for a complete U.S. retreat. But Lippmann has a fall-back plan that might not save face but will keep some troops nearby. "To promote the eventual negotiation," he wrote last June, it should be made clear "that it is not our intention to withdraw and wash our hands. It is no less essential to make military dispositions in the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean, which make it clear that when our troops withdraw from the mainland, the American presence will remain...