Word: armors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...South African government disclosed that it would not seek a renewal of the $40 million credit reserve provided by eleven foremost American banks for exactly 20 years. This action reveals the first crack in South Africa's arrogant armor of self-righteousness, matched by the banks' haughty self-justification. While neither the government nor the banks are likely to admit the fact publicly, no one with intimate knowledge of this matter doubts that a decisive factor was persistent pressure by Friends of Africans, especially church spokesmen. When moral suasion failed, concrete action-withdrawal of tens of millions...
...Israel under Egyptian leadership was doomed to failure. Palestinian Arabs, Boumedienne said, should be allowed to settle the issue on their own rather than drag other Arabs into a general war. Boumedienne resisted Nasser's demand for more men and more money. "What do you need all this armor and equipment for?" he asked...
...opening song croaked personally by the 80-year-old director/ composer/ producer/star, the film is incontrovertible proof of Chaplin's protean ability to eliminate absolutely everything outside the confines of the screen. Armed with nothing but cane and bowler, the tramp sets out like Quixote with lance and armor. His enemy is the cruel owner of the big top; his love, the villain's misused stepdaughter (Merna Kennedy...