Word: withdrawnness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sooner had the leathernecks advanced within range of the hill than mortar fire rained down on them from all sides, while hidden machine guns opened up. The marines were pinned down for three days before they finally decided to pull back. Then, when all but two platoons had withdrawn, a horde of 1,000 enemy troops in green twill uniforms and sneakers poured down on them from four directions...
...million dollars a month-- was largely due to a series of one-shot, goodwill deposits from a variety of large white businesses such as Bowery Savings Bank and the Chemical Bank of New York. As long as Freedom National wants to feel sure that these funds will not be withdrawn from its vaults, it cannot afford to take open stands on social issues. In Haryou's language, what appeals to the black masses alienates the white power structure. Hudgins' church sermons on thrift, followed by solicitations, cannot spark the same kind of enthusiasm which could be generated by playing...
...polls, or cocktail harangues. It is an act that differentiates Americans from other people in other times, who may have felt that their heroes had already become heroes without consultation. The American has a sense of electing his own heroes-a vote freely given that can also be freely withdrawn. Without advice and consent, there are no heroes...
...Gaulle's tampering with the European balance of power was producing results even before he took off for Moscow. Last week U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara announced that eight squadrons of American aircraft-ranging from troop-toting transports to camera-carrying reconnaissance planes -would be withdrawn from French bases and restationed at High Wycombe in England and at undisclosed bases on the Continent. The move will displace 7,500 U.S. Air Force personnel and 15,000 dependents. It could cost the U.S. $500 million...
Financial Monsters." The reason that commercial banks have gained while others have lost is that bankers have found a way to exceed the 4% interest ceiling on easily withdrawn passbook savings. They have done this by selling "certificates of deposit," which pay up 10 5½% for funds left on deposit for a fixed time, usually three months. The so-called C.D.s, in denominations as low as $25, have attracted $37 billion now constitute a volatile one-fourth of interest-bearing deposits in commercial banks...