Word: canberras
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...final lessons in foreign relations came in Canberra, after a brief rest stop in Bali. In Australia, Agnew encountered a growing national awareness, accompanied by an unwillingness to continue regarding the U.S. as an ideal ally. There is still a strong feeling of friendship, but the recent massacre at My Lai has reinforced local antiwar activists who want withdrawal of the 8,000 Aussie troops now stationed in Viet Nam. As one radio commentator put it: "We are still sacrificing 20-year-olds as an insurance premium to the American alliance...
...gale that whipped the azure Mediterranean into an ash-gray cauldron of 20-foot waves, five Israeli-manned gunboats scooted to Haifa last week on a 3,000-mile dash from the northern French port of Cherbourg. At various points, they were tracked by French reconnaissance planes, an R.A.F. Canberra from Malta, Soviet tankers, the radar forests of the U.S. Sixth Fleet, television cameramen and even Italian fishermen. From a distance, the world watched with emotions ranging from amusement to outrage. In a twist on old-fashioned gunboat diplomacy, Israel had retrieved $10 million worth of naval vessels, circumventing France...