Word: deserting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After that, Fan and Toy seldom saw each other; the commander staggered their duty hours so that one was always on duty when the other was free. Fan stuck it as long as he could. "Finally," he said, "I decided to desert...
...Desert Claim. It was so fantastic that nobody would have given the scheme a second thought if Cord's once-magic name hadn't been attached to it. Even at that, it sounded like moonshine. Cord had discovered that land "scrip" certificates authorized by Congress as long as a century ago to deserving U.S. citizens are still available. There are three types of federal land scrip.* All entitle the holders to stake claims on unoccupied public land, most of which now is on mountaintops, deserts, etc. There is no doubt that the scrip is still good for some...
Cord and his friends began buying up scrip from heirs. In 1947, they laid claim to ten borax-rich acres in California's Mojave Desert. The Interior Department refused to recognize Cord's claim on the ground that his scrip could not be used for mineral land. Cord's appeal is still pending in court...
Amman, which had been wrapped in dark mourning for Talal's murdered father, King Abdullah, once more came alive. Youngsters ran through the streets shouting, "Welcome, King Talal!" Crowds shouted their congratulations, and Bedouins from the desert fired rifles into the air. From the housetops, women set up the weird wail that among Arabs denotes...
Public reaction throughout India was solidly in favor of Nehru. With India's first general elections scheduled for January, some Tandon henchmen began to desert the boss, switched to Nehru. Said one: "We dislike Nehru's policies. But without Nehru campaigning for us, we wouldn't get 10% of the vote...