Word: withdrawe
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Both Sides Alike. What was almost as hard to swallow was Mansfield's apparent assumption that the U.S. could withdraw in good faith from South Viet Nam, in the belief that the Viet Cong-most of whom are not "foreign"-would do likewise. As for Mansfield's insistence on an amnesty to prevent further "barbarism and atrocities," he made it sound as if the U.S. and government forces in South Viet Nam were just as guilty of systematic torture and terrorism as the Viet Cong...
...Biblical basis; its leadership includes men who have apostatized from the faith, it betrays the glorious heritage of the 16th century Reformation and acts as an instrument for building an apostate super-church." The resolution ended with an appeal to groups belonging to the World Council to "withdraw from this unholy alliance...
...church leaders at Lake Junaluska, N.C., Theologian Albert C. Outler, an observer at the Vatican Council, argued that it was time for Methodism to "fish or cut bait." If the church was really not interested in following through with the Blake proposal, he asked, "would it be wiser to withdraw now rather than later?" In the current issue of the Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Methodist Church Historian Franklin Littell complains that his church's leaders have approached merger "with the mind-set of 'all deliberate speed.'" He further charges that the present self-satisfied state of Methodism...
Changes Considered. United Presbyterian spokesmen insist that "we are in no way nearing a point of schism." Nonetheless, they acknowledge that conservative feeling about the Confession runs high, and that some congregations may well withdraw from the church in a year or two unless substantial changes are made. Next month, a new 15-member committee of ministers and laymen will begin to study the text; they will consider changes suggested by churches, presbyteries and synods, submit a report to next year's General Assembly in Boston...
...further implied that our editorial statement of July 14th that it would be "disastrous" for the United States to quit Viet Nam under present circumstances represented a change of policy on our part. It does not. The Times has never suggested that the U.S. suddenly withdraw its forces from Viet Nam. We have, however, been critical of the deepening American involvement in a land war on the continent of Asia, and we still...