Word: 60th
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...coordinated six-day campaign late last month, Iran's armed forces recaptured some 850 sq. mi. of territory in Khuzistan, all but decimating the Iraqi Fourth Army. Although the Iraqis had expected the operation, they were nevertheless caught off guard. Brigadier General Khatab Omar Najim, commander of the 60th Iraqi Armor Brigade and now an Iranian prisoner of war, told a group of Western correspondents that on the second day of the offensive, his front lines were resisting a moderate assault when suddenly his headquarters in the rear came under attack. "My entire staff was captured," he said. Iranian...
...just prior to Wodehouse's 60th birthday, his happy life was drastically changed. The Second World War was in its early stages, and Germany had just successfuly invaded France, where Wodehouse was living at the time with his wife Ethel. Over the next several months, Wodehouse was captured by the Germans and shuttled among several different German internment camps. Wodehouse finally surfaced some six months later in a series of broadcasts he made over German radio to the then-neutral United States. The British people were shocked at hearing his voice over the airwaves of their enemy and began lashing...
Known variously as "the Lion," "the Great Crocodile," "the Bull," "Son of the She Elephant," "the Great Mountain" and "the Inexplicable," King Sobhuza II, 82, became the leader of Swaziland the year Warren G. Harding moved into the White House. Last week, on the 60th anniversary of the old Lion's rule-the longest of any living monarch-he was feted by countrymen and visiting dignitaries. Heralded as much for his libido as his longevity, Sobhuza is said to have more than 100 wives and is well on his way to earning another moniker: "Father of His Country...
When delegates to the 60th ministerial session of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries gathered in Geneva's Intercontinental Hotel last week for the group's spring conference on pricing and production strategies, the rifts dividing the world's oil producers were deeper than ever. Global demand for OPEC'S sky-high-priced product is now weakening in markets everywhere, and stockpiles are steadily swelling. The result is that oil prices in some places are actually declining. But despite the softening oil market, the 13 oil ministers last week were unable to agree upon...
...motive, analysts believe, may have been a simple grudge against his lifelong friend, Prem. Last October Prem forced through a change in the country's mandatory retirement law that permitted him to remain in the army, and thus in the commander in chief's position, past his 60th birthday. As a result, San's access to the top military job - and with it perhaps an eventual premiership - seemed blocked...