Word: driven
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Early one morning last week, as the Communists were being driven out of Wonsan by South Korean troops, Han Jun Myung and about 300 other prisoners were called out of their cells, marched up a nearby hill and pushed into a large cave. As soon as the prisoners were all in the cave, the Communists began firing. Bullets killed the men on the right & left of Han, tore through his clothing, but did not touch him. The Communists blasted the entrance to the cave, but failed to close it entirely. For two days Han remained in the cave, then crawled...
...first step was to find a bean pot with great potential aura. After a search through local potteries, he found a dandy: a 200-qt., 100-lb., 50-year-old affair. Then one day last week he loaded his bean pot into a Yellow Cab, had himself driven to a deserted highway excavation, eased the pot down into the mud ("to dirty it up a bit"), and hauled it back to his office. Next day, Boston papers received a special B.U. release: "A gigantic bean pot . . . was unearthed on the banks of the Charles River yesterday . . . Prof. Albert Morris . . . expert...
...week's end the crack U.S. 1st Cavalry Division had crossed the Imjin River, driven back remnants of the enemy's 9th and 18th Divisions, seized Kaesong, last South Korean city held by the Reds. This week the 1st Cavalry pushed across the parallel in force. They were on the main railway and road to Pyongyang...
...were no match for the Red armor. They fell back. But their gallant action had served, at least, as a temporary roadblock, and it forced the first great tactical mistake of the North Koreans. Apparently overestimating the U.S. strength, the Communists chose to deploy (see map). If they had driven straight on with their main armored force, they would have overrun the tiny U.S. contingent and barreled on through, without opposition, to the crucial supply port of Pusan. If they had done that, Douglas MacArthur, instead of receiving victory plaudits in Seoul last week, would probably have been sitting...
...like planning small, keeping your socks dry, and bowing to superior wisdom. At its broadest, it may be taken as sound sense for an age bewildered by knowing less & less about more & more: "We are too much out, and if we don't draw in/ We shall be driven...