Word: turning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...failed in your well-reported article to mention one important, proved truth: wars are won by the bloody method of taking and holding ground. Bombing cities for us to rebuild and slaughtering enemy civilians to foster hate does not relieve the infantry of its mission; thousands like myself would turn in our suits if we believed the Air Force, in a quick or long war, could relieve us of the duty of taking 90% of the service casualties as we take the ground...
Your May 28 story on the signing of the Fair Campaign Practices Code by Len Hall and Paul Butler made sprightly reading, but it ignored some important points. Our code is not designed to turn bigots and demagogues to sweet reasonableness but set up a standard against which to measure them. If politicians want to use the code as a club and beat each other with it, swell...
...week's end, however, as more and more of the facts came out, Lord Beaverbrook was left to cry shame alone. The rival Daily Mail, which had originally urged the government to "turn it down," after thinking it over a few days, concluded: "On the face of it there is much to be said for the Trinidad oil deal...
...confiscated Falange ballots and hindered the Falange campaign. Retorted the M.N.R. weekly Combate: Unzaga gave up simply because he realized he could not win. To be on the safe side, the government moved 3,000 militiamen into La Paz before election day, just in case the opposition tried to turn default into revolt...
...tall, redheaded sprinter with the free-floating stride made his bid on the turn of the 200-meter dash. Challenging for the lead, Dave Sime, the world's fastest man (TIME, Jan. 30 et seq.) and the nation's prime Olympic prospect in two events, suddenly grimaced, slowed to a painful hobble with a pulled groin muscle...