Word: stronghold
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Taft forces' leader, former State Supreme Court Justice Charles R. Hayes of Deadwood, commented somewhat sadly: "Certainly we claim victory . . . But it isn't what we had hoped for." Eisenhower's supporters were quick to point out that this was in Taft's Midwest stronghold, where he should win if he could win anywhere. Ike's show of strength, without a personal campaign and without his name on the ballot, was a "moral victory," they said. But Ike, now home to speak for himself, took a different view: "I don't understand moral victories...
...previous strikes the Reds could always count at least on closing down the Renault plant-long a Communist stronghold-in the Paris suburb of Billancourt. This time, Red goon squads succeeded in shutting off power and steam, but were challenged and thrown out by fighting contingents from non-Communist unions, and production was soon back to normal...
...fans went wild as Japan's Yoshiro Shirai, 28 and a sharp counterpuncher, outpointed Hawaii's aging (35) Dado Marino for the flyweight (112 Ibs.) title. Like Lightweight Salas, Shirai is the first fighter from his country ever to hold a world championship. The U.S., once the stronghold of boxing, now owns only half of the eight world titles. Others outside the U.S.: the welterweight (147 Ibs.) championship held by Cuba's Kid Gavilan, and the bantamweight (118 Ibs.) held by South Africa's Vic Toweel...
...Plan. SHAPE divided its front into three parts: a central stronghold of Western Europe, with flanks on the north (Norway, Denmark) and south (Italy and the Mediterranean). Commands were set up in each sector. An international staff at SHAPE, under General Alfred M. Gruenther, centralized all planning...
...wrong dragon today. Any lances that can be spared from the anti-Communist battle had better be tossed at other targets than Protestantism. A second lesson from current history might be derived from a comparison of the vitality and vigor of American Catholicism flourishing in a Protestant stronghold with the protected and overadvertised brand of Catholicism in Spain...