Word: retreatism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Refused to retreat an inch from the previous stands with which the administration disagreed...
...including some Vietnamese) to Dienbienphu. They made a neat drop and took the enemy, about 800 strong, wholly by surprise. After a series of sharp fire fights in the tall elephant grass, the Communists were routed and dispersed. They launched a suicidal counterattack by one company to cover the retreat of their main force. Though the French said they killed more than a hundred of the enemy and that their own losses were much smaller, they did not come off unscathed. Some were cut down by a group of Communists out for mortar practice, who fell on the paratroopers with...
...best assurance that recartelization would not get far came from Germany's Minister of Economic Affairs. Ludwig Erhard, who arrived in the U.S. this week for a two-week visit to interest businessmen in investing in Germany. A fervent free-enterpriser, Erhard said he would not "retreat one step" in his opposition to cartels, which he considers incompatible with free enterprise...
...couriers racing each other to subpoena Presidents and governors of sovereign states is disgusting, but it could have been envisioned from the day Eisenhower said he would not attempt to influence methods of inquiry about Communists in the government. Finally he has indicated his displeasure, and Velde's hasty retreat from his subpoena shows that such Presidential chastisement would have been effective much earlier...
Local art patrons have the opportunity this week to see the work of the Rock-pool Art Center, an unique community of Boston artists. During the winter, the program of the Harvard Athenaeum members follow their individual crafts, painting, sculpture, woodworking, and toy making. Summers, the men retreat to New Hampshire where they combine their talents on various projects. Each piece they turn out is designed as a general commodity rather than as an "ivory tower" art product. The Behn-Moore galleries, in the basement of the Brattle Theatre, will be exhibiting 400 Rockpool objects until November...