Word: toughen
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Dates: during 1951-1951
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...months ago, Elliston began to hear disturbing things: Acheson was saying privately that maybe the U.S. should toughen its policy toward the Chinese Communists, and responsible Democrats on Capitol Hill were saying that nothing could be done with Administration foreign policy while Acheson stayed in office. Last week, when Elliston heard that Acheson had not raised his voice against sending a 600-man military mission to Chiang on Formosa (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), he decided the time had come. In a churning editorial the Post called for Dean Acheson's resignation...
Soon the captain has Langrish training with him secretly, at night, to toughen him, finally gets Langrish's promise to enlist in his battalion. But when Langrish, confused by all the mystery, desperately insists on knowing what it's all about, Archer replies: "All right, then-the truth is that nobody knows." The enemy? "I only wish I knew...