Word: annexation
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...protégé, the Army of the Republic of Viet Nam. Now Pentagon press officers are no longer apologizing. Instead, they are speaking delightedly of a "new" ARVN, joking about its resemblance to the rugged Koreans or even Israelis, reassuring reporters that, no, Saigon was not about to annex Cambodia. Perhaps not, but Saigon's newly ferocious forces were exulting in their unaccustomed role of conquering heroes...
...conversation surrounding Erich Segal's appearance at the Coop Annex was of a distinctly different nature. Segal lounged easily behind a display desk, rocking forward to sign copies of his Love Story and lurching back again to punch out a joke or emphasize a point...
...suicidal afternoon during exam period, I headed to the Coop Annex to watch the big man sign copies of his big new book, The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight...
Equally controversial is Eliav's second suggestion-a declaration that Israel does not plan to annex territories. "We have annexed Jerusalem," he said. "That is a fact that cannot be undone. But we should not annex any more territories." To Israeli hardliners, who claim all of Palestine on the basis of historical rights, Eliav retorts: "True, our forefathers lived here and in Jordan. But so did the Arabs. The solution has to be that two states can live equally together. There is ample place for a Jewish state as big as Holland, with 10 million people, and an Arab...
...National Assembly to hold a national referendum, the opposition New Democrats seized the speaker's rostrum in the red-carpeted Assembly chamber and refused to yield it through four days of 24-hour debates. Finally, the Democratic Republicans and a few independent Assemblymen slipped next door to an annex and at 2 a.m. passed the bill 122 to 0. The opposition wailed that "democracy is dead in Korea," but the vote was technically legal...