Word: disarming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When the somber young prince with the wistful eyes behind thick spectacles ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne, Japan was a rising Pacific power that worshiped both the Emperor's divinity and the potentials of military strength in a world sick of war and attempting unsuccessfully to disarm. That was on Christmas Day, 1926. Last week, with three rousing shouts of "Banzai!" followed by a loud brass fanfare, government and diplomatic notables marked the 50th anniversary of Emperor Hirohito's accession...
...fervent was Paine's message and so swift its circulation that by the beginning of March, Congress found itself behind the people. It hurried to catch up. On March 3, it sent Connecticut Delegate Silas Deane to France to negotiate for military aid; on the 14th, it voted to disarm all Loyalists; on the 19th, it authorized privateers to intercept British merchantmen; on the 26th, it placed an embargo on exports to Britain and the British West Indies. On April 6, it opened ports of trade to all nations except Britain. By May 10, John Adams was writing to James...
...School should be closed. If the goal is to preclude Harvard from complicity in the evils of capitalism or neo-imperialism, then we should board up the Business School. If the premise of The Crimson position is that no one should be in the military, that the US should disarm unilaterally, then that premise should be admitted frankly, for all to see. And you'd better be ready to accept charges of betrayal from erstwhile Crimson darlings such as the People's Republic of China, which has been pressing the US to maintain a strong military presence abroad...
...SITUATION IN LEBANON. The U.S. and the reactionaries in Lebanon were fighting to reduce the Palestinian resistance and to disarm progressive movements in Lebanon. These aims have not been achieved. Thus although we hope the cease-fire will continue for a long time, we are afraid that after a few months things will become complicated again. The rightists plan to try something again. We know they won't stop fighting until they kick out the last Palestinian. I hope that the Syrians will realize that what they are being asked to do by the Lebanese fascists is more than...
...Army says the event was not a "massacre." Instead, it was an "unfortunate episode" in which an Indian fired the first shot as the cavalry tried to disarm Chief Big Foot's band for their return to the Pine Ridge reservation. Besides, 25 soldiers died in the fight and at least 33 were wounded...