Word: commits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...border and a nuclear phalanx in nearby Mongolia. On the other hand, it may be that in their dealings with the United States and in their own internal debates, the Chinese will tend to exaggerate the extent of the Soviet threat and particularly the Soviet desire to continue to commit vast resources to the military buildup on the China border. Could it be that the Soviets have learned from the Vietnam war that the massive use of force against Asian countries can lead to, at best, only a hopeless stalemate...
...took a pot shot at him and warned him away. In late February Rivière got the police to accompany him to the chateau, but when they tried to enter, Marie-Agnés shouted: "Not another step. My brother is armed. We will fire on you and commit suicide." A few minutes later the baroness returned from an errand in the village, got into a loud argument with the police and was hauled off to jail. "Do not surrender!" she cried to the children as she was led away...
...hard-sell the College," she said. "We want them [accepted students] to know they can ask questions before they commit themselves for the next few years...
...different varieties: Zen, Tibetan and Nichiren Shoshu of America, the U.S. branch of Japan's 20th century, militantly evangelistic Soka Gakkai, which bears little resemblance to classical Buddhism of any kind. Nichiren Shoshu claims more than 100,000 members in the U.S.-mostly neat, middle-class individuals who commit themselves to hour after hour of chanting the sect's brief ritual prayer, often for the material prosperity and success that they believe such chanting brings...
Tipster. Instead, Miller was arrested last week on charges of conspiring with the Flynns to commit child abandonment. He was jailed in Asheville, N.C., and, after paying $8,000 in bond, returned to Illinois to face the charges. There the Flynns were also released on $10,000 bonds, and charged with child abandonment as well as conspiracy, for which they can be sentenced to one to three years in prison. Jackie Lee was in the custody of Illinois juvenile authorities. According to the Asheville medical examiner, she is still a virgin, and presumably will soon be back in the seventh...