Word: bloodshedding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The second, and most gratifying, surprise was the lack of bloodshed at the polls, since during the campaign no fewer than 22 people had been slain in clashes between Liberals and Nacionalistas.
Tshombe himself professed fear that the U.N. might be preparing to attack Katanga again, cabled the Security Council that he was prepared to negotiate a peaceful settlement with anyone who accepted "the existence of Katanga as a sovereign and independent nation." He added: "To prevent further bloodshed, we request your...
From Cannes to Calais, he has caused tumult and bloodshed. Hoods in Paris, inspired by the sounds from his lips, tore three subway cars apart in his honor. But the words that provoked riot and rampage were not, as one might expect, Algerian battle cries. They were "itsy bitsy teenie...
The Minutemen [Nov. 3] connote a creepy sensation. Thoughts of these persons roaming the countryside instill as great a dread as enemy invasion. There would be bloodshed among our own, for who would submit to these lawless bands, which are a natural recess for enemy agents and crackpots? History is...
Same Old Mess. A year after independence, the Congo's economy was a national mess. Katanga, whose copper mines have missed hardly a day's work through all the troubles, was booming. But in the rest of the Congo, 70% of the labor force was unemployed. Exports, which...