Word: withdrawal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...controversy that has developed has impelled me to ask the White House to withdraw my name," explained General Clark...
...suggested that if the U.N. commander is so concerned for the security of his forces, he should withdraw from Korea. What a typical piece of upside-down reasoning! You've cast yourself in the role of a bandit who says to his victim, 'You've nothing to fear from me as long as you surrender your purse and walk away without creating a disturbance.' The U.N. has not come to Korea to surrender. We have no intention of walking away . . . and leaving the South Koreans to your tender mercies...
...statement that accompanied the Y.L.A.A.'s vote to withdraw from the city office, James H. Turner, a senior in Yale Law School and director of the association, said "the city failed to provide a competent secretary." He explained that the secretary now employed by city hall constantly lost and misplaced important files, and failed to deliver messages vital to the office's operation...
Stassen had called on Taft to withdraw from the race and join him in supporting General Eisenhower. There had been talk that Stassen might enter some primaries as a stalking horse for Ike. Now Stassen was just back from a visit to the general, and he had said the visit would have some bearing on his announcement. Had Eisenhower told Stassen anything to indicate that he is or isn't a candidate? The reporters could hardly wait for Stassen to stop talking about his own candidacy...
Prime Minister Sidney Holland, searching his vocabulary for a succinct description of an opposing Labor Party argument, last week thought he had exactly the right word. He blurted it out: "Piffle." He was promptly interrupted by Speaker Matthew Oram, who said sternly: "The Right Honorable gentleman must withdraw...