Word: bigs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...vote and probably will win 245 of the Bundestag's 496 seats, the same as in the 1965 elections. The Social Democrats attracted 42.3% of the ballots and picked up 20 new seats for a total of 222. Still their performance fell short of some optimistic expectations. The big losers were the Free Democrats, who had sought to transform themselves from a conservative into a liberal party; with only 5.6% of the vote, they lost 20 seats and wound up with only 29. The far-rightist National Democrats, whose presence in the campaign revived unpleasant memories of Germany...
...Big Cleanup. Once unleashed, however, the forces were difficult to harness. To this day, the nation remains in disarray. Last month, with the aid of the army, the regime launched a "big cleanup." Since then, there have been reports of mass arrests, public trials and even executions of "factionalists, reactionaries, anarchists, saboteurs and opportunists." It is unclear whether the campaign is intended simply to put China's house in order for the Oct. 1 anniversary or whether it is part of the army's larger, long-range drive to restore peace and order...
...result, resolutions calling for all Moslem nations to break off relations with Israel were foredoomed. The final communiqué simply echoed parts of the 1967 U.N. resolution, calling on Israel to withdraw from the Arab territories that it occupied during the Six-Day War and asked the Big Four to redouble their efforts to bring about a settlement of the area's disputes. The delegates also declared their support for the Arab refugees who have left Israel since the 1948 war. Observed a Syrian official in Damascus: "Thesummit failed. The only solution lies on the battlefield...
...repressive military regime of Argentine Dictator Juan Carlos Ongania has fallen on tough times. Last May a police crackdown on students touched off bloody big-city riots. Three weeks ago, railway workers set whole trains afire in response to a mobilization order...
...life, the nervous gunman forced the young heir to call his father, Rothschild Bank President Baron Guy de Rothschild, for the ransom. No sooner said than done. "In a situation like mine, you know, with all the contacts you have, it is not hard to find a big sum," David later explained. When Baron Guy arrived to pay off in person, Stadnik commandeered the bank's chauffeured car and made a dramatic getaway run. But alerted police moved in at a stoplight, smashed a window and stunned Stadnik with a pistol butt...