Word: breather
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Tempers calmed slightly in Athens and Ankara. Turkey made the gesture of returning to NATO control the U.S.-built planes it had used to bomb and strafe Cyprus. Greece, which had also withdrawn units from NATO, followed suit. Cyprus itself had a breather. Though still calling down curses on Turkey for its recent air strikes, Makarios relaxed somewhat the blockade thrown around the Turkish Cypriot communities. For the first time in two weeks, running water was restored to the huddled refugees in Ktima, and badly needed fuel was delivered to Turkish Cypriot bakeries in Nicosia...
...Cyprus at week's end, cicadas droned in the midsummer heat and sentries dozed over their Bren guns in sandbagged positions on the high ridges. But the quiet was deceptive, openly characterized by U.N. Commander Thimayya as "only a breather." Without much success, he was frantically trying to get U.N. troop units sandwiched between the opposing sides at Kokkina as a way to prevent another outbreak. At the same time, he appealed to U.N. headquarters for more troops, arguing that his 6,000 men were not enough to keep the peace; but no one was volunteering. Meanwhile, the careless...
...first post-convention victory breather was over, and indeed there was much campaign wizardry to be brewed before November. Oz-bound early last week, Barry's plane stopped at Chicago, and in a press conference Goldwater defended his controversial quote: "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice...
Winner of seven straight, the varsity lacrosse team takes a breather from its Ivy League schedule today when it meets a high-scoring Williams ten at Williams-town...
...Crimson got a breather Wednesday against woefully weak Lynchburg, putting together 12 singles, nine walks, and five errors to bomb the Virginians, 15 to 3, Stephenson, Al Liebgott, and Mike Patrick contributed 11 RBI's in the seven-inning contest. Andy Luther was the winning pitcher...