Word: withdrawing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...worthy (and I think they are), give them a bellyful of work around the airport, give them a chance to satisfy the restless surge of the blood of pioneers, pirates and soldiers that courses through their veins. And if they don't make good I'll publicly withdraw all my endorsements...
...George. His Wellsian appeal to Chamberlain and followers: "Let us not recriminate. It is just because I believe that you are honorable and patriotic men that I implore you to have the magnanimity to acknowledge the error of your ways to make this sacrifice to our national duty and withdraw into positions where you can do no further harm...
Three Kinds of Evil. If Germany should win the Battle of Britain, what would become of the British Fleet? One extreme possibility is that it would withdraw, along with the British-controlled units of the French Fleet, to the Western Hemisphere, to carry on the war. The other extreme possibility is that it would go to Germany intact...
...Enough of the British Fleet will be destroyed or will surrender to Germany so that the U. S., to remain secure in the Atlantic, must withdraw its fleet from the Pacific...
Counting the Cost. The political strategy of the U. S. has not been, however, to beat Japan at sea. It has been to keep the fleet in position so that Japan could not risk overseas adventure. Withdraw the fleet to the Atlantic and the U. S. may soon begin to see the conquests that its fleet has hitherto forestalled without fighting. Already the costs of that withdrawal have been counted. The U. S. with its half-based fleet in the Pacific might have to pay the costs anyhow. Japan well knows that with the U. S. Fleet in the Atlantic...