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Word: battal (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Defense spending has been increased 38% above last year's $716 million. Cir cumventing a British arms embargo, South Africa bought 41 British-made Centurions and Tigercat antiaircraft missiles from Jordan. For the first time, the armed forces are organizing battal ions of black, colored and Asian soldiers, and women are being encouraged to en list for rear-echelon duty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFRICA: The White Man's New Burden | 10/21/1974 | See Source »

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