Word: counters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Dutch military forces struck at Indonesia in what they termed "police action" yesterday, but insurgent Republican officials described the situation as a "full scale colonial war." Republican President Soekarno's forces were ordered to "counter-attack" wherever they were attacked...
Republican officials accused the Dutch of starting a full scale "colonial war." Indonesian troops were ordered to "counter-attack" wherever they were attacked...
Last week, an Austrian court declared the law unconstitutional, on grounds that it alienated property rights and ran counter to national interest. Bustards, which make a sound between a croon and a boom when excited, could again breathe easy. But Carinthian Socialists were not discouraged. Next on their list for nationalization: fishing...
Italy's Government promptly posted a reward of 3,000,000 lire ($13,200) on Giuliano's head. The self-made savior was merely incensed at the trifling price offered. The only reply he deigned to make was a counter-offer of 2,000,000 lire for the capture of the Minister of the Interior...
...crowd chanted "Perón! Perón! Perón!" Then some, apparently intoxicated by the familiar two-syllable rhythm, began to shout "Duce! Duce! Duce!" That brought counter-shouts of "Down with Franco! Down with Perón! Down with Fascism!" The abashed figure on the balcony heard it all; she was, Argentine officials said later, upset...