Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...challenged one Russian attempt to restrict entry to Berlin by sending a C-130 transport in and out of Berlin well above the Russian-set limit of 10,000 ft., despite harassment by Communist fighters; days later came a Russian backdown...
...fact, it is the only policy open to the West. For even if Washington and London trusted Nasser enough to back him in his fight against Kassem, Western support would only further discredit Nasser in Iraqi eyes-and in the eyes of the whole Arab world. And any attempt that the West might make to bring direct pressure to bear on Kassem could only serve to drive him finally and utterly into the arms of the Communists...
...advance in the cold war. With the influence it now wields in Baghdad, the U.S.S.R. has achieved the major role it has so long sought in Middle Eastern affairs. But with that new status, Moscow has also acquired new problems. If the U.S.S.R. decides to push ahead with an attempt to establish an undisguised People's Democracy in Iraq, the Soviets must assume that they will alienate all other Arab nations, inherit the scapegoat position of "imperialist oppressors" that the Western powers have long occupied in Middle Eastern minds...
HAVANA, April 12--A Cuban military tribunal today pronounced a death sentence on Alan Robert Nye for an alleged assassination attempt against Fidel Castro, but allowed the 32-year-old American to leave prison a free...
Bohn, a sophomore, led the Varsity to an overtime win against Hofstra, and has filled the gap left when Dub Mallonnee graduated. Unlike many collegiate attackmen, Bohn does not take a pass and immediately attempt to stuff the ball into the nets, but rather waits for the opposing goalie to make the first move...