Word: bloodshedding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The exception to this pattern of long calm and fitful bloodshed was the war on the western frontier, which began in 1776. From then until more than a decade after Cornwallis' surrender, not a day passed when any settler in western New York, the valley of Virginia or the...
After weeks of bluster and sporadic bloodshed, Algeria's Politburo Chief Ahmed ben Bella last week finally ordered his troops to seize the new nation's rebellious capital.
This would surely bring bloodshed along the border.
Strike That Failed. Lima's spunky señoras were lonely voices in Peru last week. Bitter anger may boil beneath the surface, but most Peruvians were taking care not to step on the boots of their country's new rulers. In its first days, the gold-braided...
A colonel of Peru's army stood before an electric loudspeaker and pointed it at the palace where his President lives. "We demand immediate surrender," he yelled. "Avoid unnecessary bloodshed. We have enough armament here to blow down the entire palace." No reply came from the grey granite building...