Word: attacker
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...would be completely irresponsible to indicate the course of action." Nixon thereupon took up a position that was substantially the longstanding Administration position: "In the event the attack was a prelude to an attack on Formosa-because the Chinese Communists say over and over again that their objective is not the offshore islands, that they consider them only Steppingstones to obtain Formosa -there isn't any question but that the United States would then honor our treaty obligations and stand by our ally, Formosa. To do what Senator Kennedy has suggested, to suggest that we will surrender these islands...
...post-debate speeches Nixon refrained from the ''I will not give up one inch" line and talked of defending Quemoy and Matsu only if an attack was a "prelude to invasion" of Formosa. He got a helping hand from the White House, which said that the President and Vice President agreed "exactly." Kennedy no longer stressed that he wanted to move the Chinese Nationalists out of the is lands, and said he could go along with the "prelude to invasion" definition. There now seemed little open water between the two positions, though undoubtedly there would be many more...
...Formosa and the nearby Pescadores islands (see map). At President Eisenhower's behest, Congress in January 1955 passed the so-called Formosa Resolution authorizing the President to use American forces "as he deems necessary for the specific purpose of securing and protecting Formosa and the Pescadores against armed attack, this authority to include the securing and protection of such related positions and territories of that area now in friendly hands." (Around the same time, the U.S. pressured Chiang into evacuating the distant-200 miles north of Formosa-Tachen Islands, which were quickly occupied by the Chinese Communists...
Outstanding in the Crimson attack was the work of junior fullback Gill Bamford, who reeled off hard-driving runs regularly all afternoon. Left guard Dick Baker drew praises from observers for his work in the line...
...repeatedly that as far as I am concerned clothing is not an issue in this campaign. I would certainly not want anyone to vote for or against me because of the clothing of my wife, who is pregnant. In fact, I would go so far as to call any attack on my pregnant wife's clothing unprincipled. It is the kind of attack that President Roosevelt characterized on December 8, 1941, as "a sudden and dastardly attack...