Word: berets
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Eight miles away, the 19-member executive committee of the Spanish bishops conferred with Vicente Cardinal Enrique y Tarancón, Archbishop of Madrid. Among the 19 was Añoveros, who seemed scarcely contrite about having provoked the crisis. He had arrived in the capital wearing a Basque beret...
Athens, Greece, November 17, 1973. 1 a.m. The director of the prosecutor's office joins General Thomopoulos, chief of national security, in the police headquarters building. A Greek green beret colonel in civilian attire has been awaiting their arrival since the afternoon...
Just north of Great Bitter Lake, a U.N. station wagon drove up to a military police checkpoint. Vast clouds of dust, churned up by tank trailers, had all but obscured the "U.N." that had been painted on the once white vehicle. An Irish officer in a powder-blue beret shook his head. "How can we fix the lines as they were on Oct. 22 [the day of the first Security Council truce]? None of us were here then. We don't know where the parties were, and you can't believe either side. Our business...
...Miller of Britain's Royal Marines. The English contribution to a two-year, one-for-one exchange program, Christie-Miller spent D-day writing an article on European skiing. "I try to keep out of sight," he said. "Usually, when the press comes about, I take off my beret and insignia. Don't want to let anyone think you chaps are training British soldiers...
...they" refers to the handful of known black militants on the island. The closest thing to a militant organization is the now defunct Black Beret Cadre, which flourished briefly with protests and a publication from 1968 to 1970. At least two former members of the cadre were being held this week in police custody...