Word: withdrawal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...incident of the chalk line, one child was stoned with pebbles. Two more decided next day that they had better withdraw from the petition "because it might hurt our daddy's business." And the Platt children? At week's end-despite their schoolmates' gallant try-they were still barred from school...
Even the McCarthy-backing "Committee for Ten Million" developed a major chink in its armor. General (ret.) James A. Van Fleet, the committee's biggest name, fired off a telegram to McCarthy saying that he was "shocked by your personal bitter attack," which "causes me to withdraw all support...
...Attlee) seemed neither to soften Chou's temper nor change his tune. Scarcely had U Nu left Peking last week for a tour of Manchuria when Chou launched a furious tirade at the U.S.-Formosa security pact. "A grave, warlike provocation!" he cried. If the U.S. did not withdraw from its "occupation" of Formosa, "it must take upon itself all the grave consequences...
...approved a single major U.S. proposal to invest in Japan. Said one U.S. businessman, whose $200,000 offer has been hanging fire for a year: "They tell you it probably won't be approved and if you insist on applying they just drag their feet until you withdraw." Another businessman with $600,000 to invest sat in the Imperial Hotel last week sipping bourbon and complained: "I'll use up all the money I've come to invest paying whisky and hotel bills...
...Vargas was determined to run for President in 1950. So was the flamboyant Adhemar de Barros, multimillionaire ex-governor of Sao Paulo. Shortly before the election, the two made a deal. Adhemar agreed to withdraw from the race and back Vargas. Vargas agreed to 1) accept a member of Adhemar's party, the social Progressive Party, as his vice-presidential running mate, and 2) support Adhemar in the 1955 presidential election. For the Vice President slot, Vargas foxily insisted on Café Filho, a nominal P.S.P. member. He reasoned that his old enemy would be less troublesome...