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General Salan described the retreat as a "tactical maneuver," and pointed out that it would leave more of his troops free to tackle Communist guerrillas operating near Hanoi. But Communists crowed victory. The capture of Hoa Binh gave them Route No. 12 as a supply line to the Chinese border...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDO-CHINA: Defeat for the West | 3/3/1952 | See Source »

Vag glanced in the back of the library book and noted that it was already three weeks overdue. "Might be a good idea to slip it into the night slot at Lamont and see if I can duck the fine," he mused. "Definitely a shrewd maneuver."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 3/1/1952 | See Source »

Today's free skating is judged on originality as well as execution. In the compulsory figures, the performers are required to do a set routine, and it is judged on both form and perfection of the figures, which are carefully examined afterwards. In Button's Olympic victory last week he...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Button Wins Compulsory Figures In World Tourney; Richards Third | 2/29/1952 | See Source »

The governor has had his dander up ever since the state's school system came under legal fire about a year ago from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. A federal district court in Charleston ordered an improvement in school facilities for Negroes, but found nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH CAROLINA: Byrnes on the Barricades | 2/25/1952 | See Source »

Discussing the maneuver with which he finished his free skating figures, Button said, "Doing the triple loop was as big a thrill to me as winning my first Olympic championship, let alone the second."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Button Wins Title With Triple Loop | 2/23/1952 | See Source »

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