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Word: colony (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Arabs applauded after the Libyan coup when Gaddafi expelled 25,000 Italian coloni, ousted U.S. and British military forces, converted the Catholic Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to the Mosque of Gamal Abdel Nasser (with Gaddafi's picture plastered on the crucifix), nationalized foreign banks, and squeezed higher royalties out of 36 foreign oil companies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Libya: The Enfant Terrible | 8/2/1971 | See Source »

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