Word: withdrawal
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Iceland's current internal disorders create a situation which distorts the significance of that small island nation far out of proportion to its size. The Icelandic Parliament's recent resolution, to be voted on in June, would compel NATO forces to withdraw from the country. More than forcing retreat from a vitally strategic position, the resolution, if passed, would constitute a serious and growing threat to NATO cohesion...
...Very Best Friends." As the storm swirled up, the State Department's White hurriedly issued another statement. The new pronouncement appeared to withdraw somewhat from the previous U.S. position. White summed it up: "We are not taking sides." At his press conference President Eisenhower added his soothing voice: "Here is a place where two of our very best friends are engaged in an argument with very great difficulty. Now, we are friendly to both, not only friendly in the sense of traditional friendship with these two peoples, but on top of that, both are vitally necessary to NATO...
...like criticism, and last week Britons were getting plenty of it. The World Council of Churches condemned the exiling of Archbishop Makarios as an act "very deeply resented throughout the orthodox world," sent messages of sympathy and support to Makarios himself in his tropical island exile. Greece talked of withdrawing from NATO, and actually did withdraw its ambassador from London. The U.S. State Department tried to avoid taking sides between its Greek and British friends (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), but in Athens, U.S. Ambassador Cavendish Cannon called on Greek Premier Konstantin
...TIME, May 2). But this time the museum held fast. It also got the backing of the Dallas Morning News ("The issue is not the allegiance or sympathies of the artists over a period of years, but actually one of censorship") and Dallas Merchant Stanley Marcus, who refused to withdraw as a local sponsor of the show...
Thurgood Marshall, counsel for the N.A.A.C.P., made the first move. After a more thorough examination, he told the court, his investigators had found no evidence to support the conspiracy charge. He asked leave to withdraw it. Over the objections of the university lawyer, Andrew J. Thomas, Judge Grooms approved, also allowed Marshall to withdraw charges against the four rioters, three of whom had already been arrested. After that, the case settled down to the basic issues: 1) Had the university been justified in suspending Autherine for the sake of safety, and 2) should it be ordered to take her back...