Word: broking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...north, Irgunists masqueraded as blue-uniformed Palestine police, surprised a small British army camp. They lined up four soldiers against a wall and shot them in the back. While some raiders broke into arms dumps, others sprayed the camp with machine-gun fire from an armored car. The camp commander was shot dead as he stepped from his office. Then the raiders made off with 62 rifles, 38 Sten guns, 18 Bren guns, 4 bazookas, and ammunition...
President Ospina Pérez went on the radio, denounced Gaitán's assassination, blamed the Communists for the upheaval that had stained Colombia's longtime reputation for orderly and democratic rule. This week, as a postscript, Colombia broke diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union...
With a roar, a wave of provincial protest against higher freight rates (TIME, April 12) broke last week against the federal government. For a moment the government staggered, then the skillful footwork of Mackenzie King got things right again. Because the case for higher rates, based on the railways' higher costs, was solid, the government stood pat; it ordered the new schedule to take effect immediately. Then it offered a concession...
Pich's nearest neighbor, Trapper George Farrel, miles away in the frozen forest, heard no shots. But Parrel's huskies sensed something wrong and grew restless, soon were howling. Farrel broke camp, set out for Pich's cabin. After struggling through a blizzard he got there in time to hear Pich gasp out his story before he died. Outside, Farrel found the bodies of Pich's huskies. To save them from starving, Pich had shot them...
Michael's father-in-law-to-be, Prince René of Bourbon-Parma, fell down stairs in Copenhagen and broke...