Word: threatfully
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Geneva's threat has another dimension: Indo-China is essential to anti-Communist defenses in Asia, but IndoChina is technically France's war, and France, tired of almost eight years of fighting, is determined to negotiate some kind of a settlement...
Dulles took the second course last week. He ripped the Indo-China war out of the obsolete context of "France's war" and defined it for what it has really become: a threat to the security of all free nations in the Pacific area. Publicly, he called for "united action" to stop any further Communist aggression. Privately, U.S. diplomats went to work on Britain, France, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand and Siam to get them to join-before Geneva-in a pledge to oppose any new Communist advances...
...creating the obviously desirable united front." As he departed, he issued a statement which summed up his thinking with a forcefulness that would be hard for reasonable free men to resist. Said he: "This Government believes that if all the free people who are threatened now unite against the threat, it can be ended. The Communist bloc, with its vast resources, can win success by overwhelming, one by one, small bits of freedom. But it is different if we unite. Our purpose is not to extend the fighting, but to end the fighting. Our purpose is not to prevent...
This weekend's games should give a solid indication. Middlebury, although no pushover, will probably be no serious threat, and the B.L.C. has already dropped two practice games to the Crimson. Hence the games will be most interesting from the standpoint of the team's midfield performance,and if they live up to expectations, the team will be in contention for the title again...
...varsity's only real threat was in the sixth. Cleary led off with a triple to left center, and Butters walked. At this point, Stedman came in and got first baseman John Maher on a grounder to the mound. Third baseman Jim Rahal hit sharply to short, but Jack Murphy's throw caught Cleary at the plate. With two on and two out, catcher George MacDonald lined deep to left for the final...