Word: withdrawal
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Finally Governor Lehman played his last desperate trump against Jim Farley's majority of votes. He had a letter from Franklin Roosevelt suggesting a way out: Mead and Bennett would both withdraw, a dark horse would be named, party harmony would be saved...
...Ranger said afterward: "They met us with everything-mortar fire, machine guns, rifles, anti-aircraft guns and finally bayonets." The Commandos got ashore, but they had to withdraw, cut to pieces...
...Therefore, on behalf of the people of the United States, I sincerely urge that you consider it your patriotic duty to stand by your pledge of December 27, 1941, and withdraw your ultimatum of June...
...Threat. The core of the Congress resolution demanded that Britain withdraw politically from India, and threatened to use all the possible nonviolence of the people to compel Britain to withdraw. The resolution did not alter Gandhi's position that he does not wish to interfere with United Nations military forces in India (TIME, July 13). But Jawaharlal Nehru explained that nonviolence envisaged more than industrial strikes-it would be a general strike, peaceful rebellion. Nehru's thesis was simple: only Indians could organize India for war, because anybody could do anything better than the Government of India today...
...Allies to open another front to take the pressure off China. The changing international situation makes Japan's task of offering peace to China easier. Today, with her wide hold on the Orient, Japan can afford to be less afraid of China. Japan might consider offering to withdraw her troops from all territories south of the Great Wall. The advantages to her would be inestimable and the dangers have been minimized in the last seven months...