Word: ambushed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When they shot him down from ambush...
...date of departure, had been kept a close secret. . . . Tanks, armoured cars, lorries, mule trains, mountain artillery . . . moved in good order [marking]thebeginningofaneleven-day march. . . . Almost every yard of the 70-mile road . . . will bring the hazard of ambush by tribesmen who are still under the influence of the Fakir...
...Jewish side, part of the underground army Haganah came out into the open to protect Jews from Arab attacks. (This week, near Tel Aviv, Arabs in ambush killed the Haganah district commander, Joshua Globerman.) Jews set up twelve recruiting centers in Palestine. Increased immigration (present limit fixed by the British: 1,500 a month) would increase Jewish strength. The British government considered transferring 16,000 Jews to Palestine from Cyprus before Feb. 1, admitting 10,000 Jews a month to Palestine thereafter. U.S. officials in Germany, Austria and Italy began planning the movement of 6,250 Jewish D.P.s a month...
Howie Houston, also shaken up Saturday, took a day off yesterday, and Johnny Florentino and Jim Noonan were kept from practice by labs. Passing threat Jim Kenary, injured in the Virginia ambush, appeared in uniform yesterday but was restricted to calisthenics with trainer Cox. The question of whether he will be ready for the Big Green is still nebulous...
...years later, a full-fledged priest, he returned with his family to Dallas, moved next door to the cathedral. But he could not sleep. Every night someone stole into the cathedral and started tolling the bell. One night, Father Swartsfager hid a baseball bat under his cassock, waited to ambush the bell-ringer. Soon, a tall boy crept out of the shadows. The priest grabbed...