Word: counter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Caudill," intoned Castro broadcasts, "gathered much military in formation, also information of an economic and political nature, which was turned over to espionage agencies in the U.S. At the same time, he received instructions and support from the U.S., issued propaganda against the revolution, helped and concealed counter-revolutionaries and trafficked in foreign exchange...
...with its financial contributions loses its vote in the General Assembly. But Russia and France, along with a number of smaller nations, have consistently refused to pay their share of the Assembly's assessments for peace-keeping operations-primarily in the Congo and the Middle East-that run counter to their own policies. The U.S. threatened to invoke Article 19 to deprive the delinquents of their vote, but the majority feared that in such a showdown, Russia would walk out and wreck the organization; thus the small nations insisted on preventing a showdown-which meant no open voting...
...government of Cyprus' President, Archbishop Makarios, responded with counter threats. Makarios said there was no intention of attacking the Turkish Cypriot communities unless "we have to put these areas under full control so as to face the attack from the outside free from any internal distractions." Bellowed Grivas: "If the Turks dare to bombard Cyprus, the heaps of dead will not be Greek!" Grivas last week flew to Athens, and the rumor was that he was asking for a squadron of Greek jet fighters. In his absence, his National Guardsmen cleared a sizable area adjoining Nicosia airport, perhaps...
...counter below the bulletin board stacks of reprints from various magazines shows a Negro kissing a young white girl the caption, "Homosexual tongue-sucks year-old." A second describes a weekend Luther King allegedly spent with "his in the Bahamas. Another accuses Ralph nathy, an associate of King's, of raping year-old girl...
Brassières like Maidenform's nylon net ($4) and Vanity Fair's stretch band ($4) are every bit as rudimentary as Rudi's: they may get by splayed out on a department-store counter, but displayed-even on 100% synthetic mannequins-in show windows, they are likely to stop traffic, start riots, and end up as exhibits in night court. Even those with a bit more substance to them, like Bien Jolie's flowered-net version ($11) and Warner's "The Body" ($12.50), are sheer enough to read through, small print included...