Word: bolte
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...army unit ordered by Tshombe to drive the rebels out of Stanleyville poised menacingly just across the Congo River from the city, then turned and beat one of the fastest retreats in history - 560 miles to the rear in one day. At another major town, when a freak lightning bolt blew up an army powder magazine, the terrified garrison, convinced it was surrounded, fired back - in every direction...
...died and risen from the dead. As the story goes, the rapid spread of her fame dates from the day she ordered her followers to strip naked during a violent rainstorm. She said she would cleanse them of sin, but those beyond redemption would be struck dead by a bolt of lightning. According to the legend, no sooner had she spoken than lightning struck a nearby tree, killing two. As the story of the "miracle" spread, Alice's following snowballed; at one time it had as many as 75,000 adherents, though its membership has dwindled since...
...left. In recent weeks Nenni, as party president, decided to crack the whip, managed to isolate his leftist opposition, even got control of Avanti, the party newspaper -and last week wrote a boldly anti-Communist editorial. But this courageous move cost him heavily: seven party leaders bolted, more threatened to bolt...
...kite," an angry housewife snarls at her husband-but imagine her surprise if he actually went and did. There was Ben Franklin, of course, with his handkerchief, his key and his lightning bolt, and if Orville and Wilbur Wright had not been kiting enthusiasts, a Russian might have invented the airplane after all. But the adult U.S. male who shows up at the park with kite and twine is certain to be suspect unless he has a passel of kids in tow. And there is something definably foreign about the doughty Somerset Maugham hero who preferred to rot in jail...
Army is a different story. The Cadets, led by sophomore pitcher Barry de Bolt, are unbeaten on the year except for an 8-2 loss to a pretty good outfit called the New York Yankees...