Word: skirmishing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...wild, sleepless days, the men of the 24th Division fought a series of desperate delaying actions designed to slow the Red flood and borrow time for the Eighth Army to unload at Pusan and establish a firm line of defense. Each hour of delay, each blunting skirmish that forced the Communists to detour or deploy, was a small triumph, paid in full with American lives. Four times on the bloody road from Seoul the G.I.s halted the Reds briefly, upsetting their timetable and flattening their warhead...
...dark context of Kenya's bushfire "emergency," this was a mere border skirmish. But Simba, a wily, war-scarred veteran with at least one shattered police post to his credit, chose to lead the raid in person...
...side, Ham Moses also battled public power to a standstill in Arkansas. In one skirmish, when Jackson County was to vote on establishment of a countywide power cooperative, Moses mobilized a force of 50 A.P.L. salesmen, gave them a two-day course in the company's side of the argument, and sent them to spread the gospel among cotton pickers and housewives. Moses himself did two-hour daily stints on the radio. A.P.L. won the fight by better than four...
...Town Skirmish...
...trustee of Central College of McPherson, Kansas, I deeply appreciate the article entitled "The One-Town Skirmish...