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...whim-knocked out the radio transmitter. When the radio limped back on the air, it was still in government hands. The strongman of Syria's ruling Baath (Renaissance) Party, General Mohammed Hafez, who is both Defense Minister and army chief of staff, broadcast that the effort "to disturb the peace" had been crushed. Next day he announced the break in the rules of Syrian-style coups: eight rebel military men and twelve civilians had been executed. Hafez blamed the revolt on Syrian supporters of Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser, who is feuding with Baath-ruled Syria over control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Syria: Throwing Away the Script | 7/26/1963 | See Source »

...have had to relearn every day this summer. "It won't mean anything to these Negroes," he said. "This is the kind of treatment they have received all their lives. An incident like this one is too common-place--too much a part of the simple daily routine to disturb them...

Author: By Paul S. Cowan, | Title: A Report on Integration In a Maryland Town: IV | 6/3/1963 | See Source »

Jingle Bells also wanders through a number of modulations and parodies, finishing up as The Great Pretender revisited. The subject of girls and what to do with them is also revisited, and the Dunces version of this quaint old children's song would disturb most carolers...

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: The Dunster Dunces | 5/22/1963 | See Source »

...movie's fade, for the benefit of the slow-witted, she adds a powerful insult to a rather mild injury. As for sensuous aspects, devotees of this limited segment of cinema art had better stick to Washington Street. There is nothing in The Balcony that could overly disturb a Puritan Sunday picnic...

Author: By Charles S. Whitman, | Title: The Balcony | 5/17/1963 | See Source »

Cambridge is blessed with a varsity baseball game and a varsity tennis match at 3 p.m. on Friday, and numerous crew races will disturb the usually placid waters of the Charles beginning at about 4 p.m. Saturday...

Author: By Richard Cotton, | Title: The Weekend Sports Scene . . . | 5/10/1963 | See Source »

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