Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...this point, Kennedy seems to be emerging as the Democratic alternative to Carter if the President's troubles increase in the months ahead. But whatever Kennedy does is still incidental. Ultimately, only Carter can make or break his presidency...
Ironically, the civil war erupted just as the country prepared for Independence Day, the annual celebration on Sept. 15 of the break by Nicaragua and other Central American states from Spanish rule in 1821. Somoza, directing the war from a windowless bunker at National Guard headquarters overlooking Managua, marked the day with a champagne reception that U.S. Ambassador Mauricio Solaun declined to attend. The Sandinistas promptly labeled this year's observance Second Independence Day. But neither side could really celebrate a victory in one of the most savage and confusing wars that Central America has ever seen. Each side...
...disastrous oil spill of last spring. With a fine Gallic disdain for international worker solidarity, another food kiosk sold sangria and the message: SPAIN IN THE COMMON MARKET. A BAD BLOW FOR FRANCE. Workers hawked dish towels underneath a sign pleading SAVE THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY OF THE VOSGES. Break-the-bottle games featured images of such popular villains as French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, that advocate of dreaded social democracy...
...Green said yesterday the arrests concluded a two-day stake-out staged after inquiries led them to believe a break-in would occur...
Police said the minors allegedly entered the apartments by cutting the screens over the windows and then popping the windows open. The apartments were vacant at the time of the break-ins, they added...