Word: abruptly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...because of the leader ship that you are giving to your own great country." Moderate & Reassuring. The enthusiastic welcome for the new Joao Goulart was accompanied by only a few twinges about his recent past. When he was in line for the presidency after Jânio Quadros' abrupt resignation last August, Goulart was the object of grave apprehension both in Brazil and in the U.S. Brazil's anti-communist politicians and military men distrusted him to the point where they brought Brazil to the brink of civil war before a parliamentary system was devised to limit...
...usual method of the 25,000 Communist Viet Cong guerrillas is to attack in small numbers at scattered points, ambushing a government patrol or raiding a village. Recently, in an abrupt change of pace and tactics, the guerrillas began striking in larger numbers and concentrating their attack in the country's heavily populated southern part. The Viet Cong poured more than 200 men into a single battle, launched five other forays in batallion strength that seemed to signal the start of a spring offensive. Said one U.S. colonel: "The Viet Cong is entering a new phase...
...monk which shows the Ch'an Buddhist application of Hsieh Ho's first principle. The characters appear like scribbles of a child among the stylized work of the emperors and scholars. A Zen counterpart in painting is the "Sage," a work by another monk. In a few rough, abrupt, sometimes unfinished brush strokes the figure is forcefully rendered...
...chief, Air Force General Lauris Norstad. Snapped Sir Hugh: "I don't believe we should extend this nuclear weapon. Don't let every Tom, Dick and Harry go mucking about with the bloody thing." Then, in a sort of bow to the boss, he came to an abrupt halt: "I am speaking here as Hugh Stockwell. I may be Mr. Hugh Stockwell after this...
...much as they would like to see the Dominican Republic's post-Trujillo government make way for democracy, U.S. policymakers feared that too abrupt a change could lead to a Castro-type takeover. They were reluctant to go along with demands by the anti-Trujillo opposition that the late dictator's heirs, led by his own son, Rafael Leonidas ("Ramfis") Trujillo Jr., be forced to give up the reins of government and clear out of the country. Last October U.S. planners thought that they had worked out a way to have democracy and Trujillos as well. Last week...