Word: orly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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As soon as the newsmen were all gathered in his big oval office, Harry Truman cleared his throat and began reading a prepared statement. "The United States," he said, "has no desire to obtain special rights or privileges or to establish military bases on Formosa at this time* . . . [it] will...
"With or without help we shall fight. We are not defeated . . . Unremittingly and with the tenacity of life, we shall fight and bleed the enemy. Everywhere in China's mainland our guerrillas will keep kindled the torch of liberty . . .
"I can ask the American people for nothing more . . . At such a time no pleading can be with dignity. It is either in your hearts to love us or your hearts have been turned from us. It is either in your mind and your will to aid China in her...
A Forgotten Breed. The Truman Administration was still not sure whether Freshman Douglas was to be its foremost prophet or its subtlest enemy. He had fought for most of its program with a scholarly mastery of facts and a cool, articulate logic that had hopeful Democrats proclaiming him the Fair...
He was no man to fit easily into any pigeonhole; if there was one, it had long gone unused. On the basis of the record so far, Douglas seemed to be the nearest visible approach to an almost forgotten breed of American maverick-the old freewheeling Republican independent like Idaho...