Word: retreatism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...part of his search for what he calls "universal truth." When he met Einstein, he was interested only in what the great man could tell him about universal truth. When Burma's Prime Minister U Nu visited Israel, he went down to see Ben-Gurion at his desert retreat. They talked Buddhism. Afterward Ben-Gurion snorted: "The man knows nothing about Buddhism...
Adams drives his help as hard as he drives himself. One time he and his then assistant, Charles F. Willis Jr., walked out of Adams' office to discover that two of his four stenographers had obviously been weeping. Startled, Adams beat a hasty retreat. "What are they crying about-what did I do?" Adams asked. "You were abrupt and somewhat rude," replied Willis. "Oh no," said Adams. "Oh yes," said Willis. "What'll I do?" asked Adams. "I think you ought to say something to them," advised Willis. "Well-all right," said Adams hesitantly. He returned...
Slowly, too slowly to win any credit for good will, the British have begun beating a retreat. Archbishop Makarios made known that he would be happy to settle for an unconditional British pledge of self-determination and prompt steps toward arranging it; enosis, if that is the will of the people, would come later. After much gulping and shooting of cuffs, Sir Anthony Eden's government took back Henry Hop-kinson's never, and three weeks ago accepted Cyprus' right to self-determination - but still would not say when. The U.S., ally and friend of all three...
...wild with excitement, dancing about on their feet, shaking their spears up and down . . . I found myself surrounded. I fired . . . Three or four men from my troop were missing . . . Trumpets were sounded . . . Two squadrons were dismounted and in a few minutes their fire . . . compelled the Dervishes to retreat...
Defeat after defeat in the U.S. marketplace and in the courts rocked fair-trade pricing during the last year. Last week, fair-trade's retreat seemed about to turn into a rout...