Word: backed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Century the Huns destroyed Strasbourg, but the city rose again until it became part of the Holy Roman Empire-the first and only European union. Since then, the single, jagged spire of Strasbourg's red stone cathedral has seen the tides of war sweep back & forth across the Alsatian plain. This week Strasbourg became the center of a great if still uncertain move to revive the dream of European union. In the central hall of Strasbourg's university, delegates from ten European countries assembled in the first session of the Council of Europe...
...holdup men started back to their car, the Aga called them back, reminded them they had not taken his wallet, and handed it over. It contained about $600. As they left, the bandits said: "Soyez braves et laissez nous partir [Be good sports and let us get away...
...Dwarf got dressed, thrust two Lugers into shoulder holsters under his long blue gown, then stopped in a back-alley opium den to share a pipe with an underworld crony, Nai Sakon. The Dwarf complained: "Pramote has doublecrossed us all. Now he has a racing stable, a new Packard and a beautiful wife. We have nothing but worry...
That night he and his crony went to Pramote's lavish house. Pramote and a Ceylonese friend had just come back from the races at the Royal Turf Club. The Dwarf twirled his two Lugers, sarcastically asked Pramote: "Can you spare 300 deals?" (about $15). Pramote said his wife had all his money; she was out. The Dwarf waited. When she arrived, on a three-wheeled Siamese pedicab, he grabbed her purse; it contained only keys, a compact and some change. The Dwarf shot her in the chest, wounding her seriously...
Pramote, who had heard the shot, ducked out the back door and dived into a canal. The Dwarf tore off his blue gown and rushed into the house, firing wildly. He killed Pramote's eight-year-old niece and the Ceylonese guest. Then The Dwarf dashed out, shouting to his pal to start Pramote's Packard. Pramote's chauffeur protested, trying to protect his boss's car. The Dwarf killed him, too. By the time police arrived, The Dwarf had disappeared...