Word: staying
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...March 16, we were informed that the government of the U.S.S.R. had decided immediately to withdraw all military advisers and instructors [from Yugoslavia] on the grounds that they were in "hostile surroundings" . . . During their entire stay, Yugoslavia's attitude toward them was not only good but actually brotherly. Therefore, we are amazed, we cannot understand and are deeply hurt...
When Japan seized the country in 1905, the pretext was that Korea was a "Russian dagger pointed at Japan's heart." As long as it held North Korea the Russian hand would continue to grasp the dagger's handle. This week Rhee asked U.S. occupation forces to stay on "until the danger from the north lessens...
...teachers do any good there? Yes, says Anne; she hadn't really enjoyed her stay, "but you can see the good you're doing. So many Poles are wavering. Every little bit helps...
Perhaps to the board's surprise, the public seemed to find it as much to blame as the unions. Said the New York Daily News: "If the present management can't make a go of the Met we won't coax them to stay . . . if the Met show is to go on, let's bring in some real pros to manage...
...last week ordered Wildcatter Weiss to suspend all operations, declared it would register no additional wildcat lines, ordered an investigation into all wildcat "practices and activities." Weiss, whose airline faces a death sentence if the CAB order sticks, went into court, and got a ten-day stay of execution. Without blocking a metaphor, he argued that the airlines were angry because wildcatters had "pulled the ground out from under them," added that he was "not going to be shouted out of business by [an] octopus...