Word: withdrawal
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...theme is a young king's coming of age. Once an endearingly wild Prince of Wales, Henry V (at 28) had to prove his worthiness for the scepter by leading his army in war. He invaded France, England's longtime enemy. He captured Harfleur, then tried to withdraw his exhausted and vastly outnumbered army to Calais (see map). The French confronted him at Agincourt. In one of Shakespeare's most stirring verbal sennets, Henry urged his soldiers on to incredible victory. English mobility (unarmored archers) and English firepower (the quick-shooting longbow) proved too much...
...Pauley the President wrote a long letter: "With full confidence in you, I shall reluctantly withdraw your nomination [as Under Secretary of the Navy]. . . . You stand before your countrymen after vicious and unwarranted attacks with integrity unscathed, with ability unquestioned, with honor unsullied...
...wish," said Churchill, "to withdraw or modify a single word...
Anti-Churchill placards and pamphlets, will highlight the "Win the Peace" march to be staged in the Yard at 11 o'clock Tuesday by the Liberal Union. The marchers will urge the University to withdraw the degree it presented to the British war leader...
...Britain and Russia knew what they wanted, the U.S. was not so certain. America's spur-of-the-moment style of diplomacy was neatly explained last week at Jimmy Byrnes's press conference. Asked if he expected Russian and British troops to withdraw from Iran as scheduled by March 2, Byrnes smiled brightly and said that he never anticipated trouble-it generally overtook...