Word: sabers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that decision will be made in Moscow, not in Washington. And since the U.S. insists on minimizing Asia, why not (Stalin may reason) pick off the rest of Asia, starting with Korea, continuing with Indo-China, gobbling up Malaya and Indonesia, meanwhile rattling the saber in Europe to distract American effort...
...Roof Fell In. Before the 7th Regiment had a chance to wet a saber, the roof fell in. Throughout northwest Korea the Communists started unexpectedly strong counterattacks supported by tanks, artillery and mortars. One North Korean force cut the main supply road to Chosan, isolated the R.O.K. 7th Regiment on the Yalu. Three more Red battalions surrounded part of the 6th Division near Onjong, 50 miles south of Chosan. At Unsan, 70 miles north of Pyongyang, a regiment of the R.O.K. ist Division was enveloped by 7,000 Communists. Thirty miles west of Unsan, U.N. air strikes failed to break...
...liked to draw blood and leave welts. But beyond that, like many essentially critical talents seeking to be creative, he goes to extremes, and overcreates; when he isn't being literary, he is being lurid. And here, without the armor of style, he lunges out with every rusty saber of theatricalism. The Gioconda smile is rather a maniacal laugh. And the production-with Basil Rathbone hamming as the husband and Valerie Taylor brilliantly overacting as the woman scorned-adds thumping the pedal to banging the keys...
...Soviet Russia," was the way one irate letter writer put it. Other typical comments: "Your article is the all-time high so far in your anti-Soviet hate-mongering campaign, and puts the vituperative anti-Communist propaganda of Goebbels to shame." "Shame on your incessant and hysterical saber-rattling against Communism...
...University, which did not enter in the saber competition, tied with Ohio State for 19th place. Each made 39 points...