Word: retreatism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...DEFENSE Retreat from Pessimism "The plain fact is," growled Texas Democrat George H. Mahon, as his House subcommittee on defense appropriations began emergency hearings last week on the status of U.S. missile programs, "that the Administration has not yet made the fundamental decisions that must be made. The Administration has not reacted as boldly as it should." One day later, after a parade of Pentagon experts led by Defense Secretary Neil McElroy had spelled out missile progress to the subcommittee in crisp, uncensored terms, George Mahon emerged from the hearing room with a different story. Said he:"It is obvious...
...first quarter, the Princeton-Dartmouth game was buried in snow. Yard-markers disappeared, officials blended with players, spectators shuddered over a dwindling supply of Scotch and began to beat a retreat from Palmer Stadium. But nothing seemed to bother a lanky Princeton halfback named Dan Sachs-neither wind nor snow nor wet ball, nor well-drilled Dartmouth line. He scored almost every way possible, passing for one touchdown, running back a kick for another, intercepting a pass for a third, schussing over from scrimmage for a fourth. Fans with antifreeze and the determination to last out the afternoon saw Princeton...
...Kenya, the British abandoned their months-long attempt to bring Africans into a liberalized colonial government. The natives held out for increased representation, refused to compromise. In no mood to retreat further, Colonial Secretary Alan Lennox-Boyd declared coldly that British control of Kenya will continue "for a very long time...
What touched off the Fed's rapid shift were many of the same mixed signs of advance and retreat apparent for months in the U.S. economy. The differences were in degree. Instead of the expected seasonal rise, overall industrial production slipped another notch in October to 142 on the Federal Reserve's index, two points below September and four points below October 1956. While nondurable goods held steady, steel, producers' equipment, construction materials and autos all were down, although much of the auto drop was due to the model changeover, and the Fed itself noted that November...
...government or even running "unofficial information," eleven editors have been arrested in the past ten months. None have been held as long without trial as Lubis. Embarrassed by his stubborn stand, the government offered to send him out of the country on a "scholarship." Indignantly rejecting the chance to retreat, Mochtar Lubis replied: "Either set me free or give me a fair trial...