Word: bloodbath
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...frightening to think that supposedly intelligent leaders of our country are willing (Bishop Sheen) to pull out of Viet Nam altogether and risk a terrible bloodbath [Aug. 11]. Others (Sherman Cooper and Stuart Symington) want to halt the bombing. They must have forgotten that we have stopped the bombing and fighting at several intervals and with no results. Such thinking only prolongs the war or brings negotiations that favor the enemy...
...repeat of recent massacres of his fellow Ibo tribesmen, is demanding more legal autonomy from the central military government headed by Colonel Gowon, 32. Ojukwu vows to seize more autonomy whether Gowon approves or not-and last week he took a step in that direction that could produce another bloodbath for Nigeria's 57 million people...
After tossing out Nkrumah, they made an impressive start at Dekwamification by re-establishing an independent judiciary, granting a degree of freedom to the long-muzzled press, freeing political prisoners and rooting out corrupt officials. They spared the country a bloodbath by singling out only the most culpable of Nkrumah's followers for punishment. Said General Joseph Ankrah, 51, the N.L.C.'s leader: "I did not depose Nkrumah to institute another reign of terror. We can be tough, but we are civilized...
...Objectives. In April 1965, Santo Domingo exploded once again, and Martin was summoned to the White House to serve once again in that hapless country. President Johnson made clear that U.S. actions would be guided by two main objectives: 1) averting a bloodbath and protecting American lives, and 2) preventing a Castro takeover. Hurriedly dispatched to Santo Domingo, Martin spent weary days negotiating with the rebels and mustering the facts to guide U.S. policy...
...well removed from the passions of 1964, Reagan has a considerably different perspective: "Perhaps we needed the bloodbath. Perhaps we needed the bitterness on both sides. I think it made us all realize that we have too much in common to be separated by intolerant differences...