Word: clashingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Fortnight ago, a serious clash occurred when a patrol landed at the village of Lokano, on the west coast of the island of New Ireland. There officials found 100 natives sitting quietly on the beach in front of their huts. All went well until the police arrested one tax delinquent. Then, crying "The only authority we recognize is President Johnson," the islanders grabbed spears, clubs and stones, which they had hidden in the sand, and attacked the Australians. Battered and bleeding, the tax collectors fled to their boats, injuring themselves further as they stumbled over the sharp coral. Three days...
...working newsman has surrendered his privilege of presenting the news within the light of his own convictions, but at the moment, there are few campaign issues for newsmen to have convictions about. The polls show Goldwater far behind; liberal reporters see little to bother them beyond reporting a clash of personalities...
...loyal to the Empire, as only a born hero-worshiper can be," and after Sunday services Sean would accompany him to the British army barracks on Wellington Road to watch the regiment parade and "when the drums rolled and the brass shook the air, I could hear the saber clash, the hoofbeats, the rifle fire of The Dash for Khartoum, With Kitchener in the Soudan. My father would nod at us sagely and proudly. We belonged...
Martin Luther King and Ella Baker, MFDP Washington staff member, clash violently over the issue. The delegation must accept the compromise, says King, to lessen "the long suffering and deep-seated frustration of the Negro people." "We must reject it," says Miss Baker, "to condemn the massive political pressure exerted by the administration...
Martin Luther Kind and Ella Baker, MFDP Washington staff member, clash violently over the issue. The delegation must accept the compromise, says King, to lessen "the long suffering and deep-seated frustration of the Negro people." "We must reject it," says Miss Baker, "to condemn the massive political pressure exerted by the administration...