Word: clashingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...South Viet Nam brought the fear of Red at tack, the capital of Saigon used to sleep undisturbed. But the Viet Cong guer rillas have moved ever closer, and skirmishes occur regularly near the city's outskirts. Last week Saigon was literally jolted awake by the closest major clash yet- only twelve miles away...
...Major Sy's case, Catholics angrily argued that he had only followed superiors' directives to keep order, and Catholic army officers circulated leaflets warning of serious trouble if Sy was shot. Although the Buddhist hierarchy now speaks of leniency for Sy, fear of a clash persists. Khanh, a Buddhist, has taken pains to antagonize neither the Catholics nor the Buddhists. But he is angered by the Buddhists' lack of support for his regime...
Nothing else mattered in last week's clash between Peru and Argentina. Na tional teams from the two countries were playing in a continent-wide round robin to decide on two teams to represent Latin America in the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Argentina, with a 5-0 record, seemed a shoo-in. Peru had two wins and a tie, but with three to play, still had a chance-if it could get by the tough Argentines. Scalpers had a field...
...good way to start is to float over the grounds in a Swiss cable car. At 115 ft., the ride goes high enough to offer a sweep of the jumble below, but still low enough to make the rider feel the clash of the architecture and the overall dynamic of the vast bazaar. If his timing is lucky, he can almost feel the heat as tawny Samoan youths prance beneath on mats of fire, and only moments later he may be staring down into the whites of the eyes of a dozen Zulus. He flies from Denmark to Switzerland...
...Clash & Cameras. The fact that the U.S. and Europe are at odds seriously threatens their greatest current attempt to create still more economic interdependence: the so-called Kennedy Round tariff talks that aim to cut almost all duties in half. The Europeans at Vienna tried to disarm the U.S. delegates of their fears that General De Gaulle may scuttle those negotiations, but the chief U.S. tariff negotiator, Christian Herter, was uncharacteristically pessimistic. It became clear at Vienna that unless the U.S. and Europe can resolve their immediate conflicts, the march toward Western economic unity may be set back...