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Word: defrock (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...continuing struggle in Tibet "by means of peaceful solutions rather than military force." Nevertheless, Chinese brutality drove some Tibetans into the mountains to organize guerilla resistance. Their efforts have been futile. Today an occupation army of 300,000 enforces Chinese dictates. Dissentors are publicly executed. Monks who refuse to defrock are interred in labor camps. Between 5000 and 6000 monasteries have been destroyed...

Author: By Elizabeth E. Ryan, | Title: Hello Dalai | 10/24/1979 | See Source »

...match dragged on interminably. The Crimson, late in starting and fencing single strip because of the inadequate size of the room, did not defrock the last Judge until after...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fencers Destroy Brandeis; Face Indian Squad Today | 2/23/1972 | See Source »

...match dragged on interminably. The Crimson, late in starting and fencing single strip due to the inadequate size of the room, did not defrock the last Judge until after 10. The match was unquestionably Harvard's longest and most uninteresting of the year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fencers Destroy Brandeis; Face Indian Squad Today | 2/23/1972 | See Source »

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