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Word: airflown (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...February 1962, after the Jagan government proposed enforced savings and higher taxes, mobs surged through the Georgetown capital in riots that left six dead and a charred shopping district in the center of town that has not been rebuilt to this day. Jagan had to call in British tommies airflown from London to restore order. An investigating committee sent from London to look into the riots put the major blame on Jagan's government, and noted that in testifying Jagan refused a straight answer to questions about whether he was a Communist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Guiana: Husband & Wife Team | 5/3/1963 | See Source »

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