Word: camped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first outburst in 1961 -a criticism of the "Khrushchev cult" -eventually resulted in his discharge from the army followed by his commitment to a mental hospital for 14 months as a schizophrenic. This is a favorite Soviet punishment for dissenting intellectuals, short of shipment to a labor camp. Since then, because of his age, disability and service record-he had risen from private to general in 34 years and was a distinguished division commander in World War II-the government has merely admonished him for his outspokenness. Anti-Soviet agitation, however, is a serious charge. The possible sentence: seven years...
...returning veterans walked into the training camp and claimed that their entire crew had traveled four hours to the end of the potholed road, where they expected a helicopter to ferry them to an interior fire. The helicopter removed from the fire the crew which they were to replace, they said, but when five o'clock rolled around, the pilot quit work for the day. The new crew of firefighters jammed into the nearest village tavern; everyone got drunk, and the government abandoned the uncontrolled fire...
...ONLY REAL break from the training camp's ennui was occasional evening leave when a few dozen recruits were released on the town. The local movie theater was showing a Walt Disney kiddie film, so most of the men made the rounds of the saloons lined up along Second Avenue or tried to pick up a "squaw...
...last week, the team split up. Eight climbed to the 17,000-ft. level and began building a temporary bridge across a 10-ft. crevasse, while the others worked at base camp. At noon, the eight high on the mountain heard the terrifying rumble that signals an avalanche. Before they could take cover, it smashed down upon them, sweeping away five Americans, including Everett, and two Sherpa porters. The eighth man, Louis F. Reichardt, 27, of Palo Alto, Calif., was out of the slide's path and survived. He spent the next several hours searching for his companions. Late...
...Hitler into the government-and swiftly found himself superseded. He then served the Führer, first as Vice Chancellor and later as ambassador to Turkey until war's end, when he was convicted of being a major Nazi offender and sentenced to eight years in a labor camp. His sentence was later reduced to two years...