Word: ejection
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hard, but ready to go along. Soviet Russia, however, seemed to want nothing more than continued chaos in the Congo. Russian Delegate Vasily Kuznetzov dismissed the Afro-Asian resolution as too wishy-washy, suggested to fellow delegates that if the U.N. troops presently in the Congo could not eject the Belgians, the U.N. should send troops that would. The Russians also let it be known that Soviet troops would be only too happy to take on the task...
Bounces & Returns. With those prizes at stake, some bombs and bullets flew, and at least ten persons lay dead after political quarrels. Yet the secret ballot was getting results. Rural voters took the opportunity to eject two scions of old feudal clans from their traditional seats. Ex-President Chamoun, who accused his successors of rigging this election to bar him from a comeback, squeaked through to win a Maronite Christian seat. Also elected was a kingpin in the 1958 revolt that toppled Chamoun, moody Kamal Jumblatt. Another leader of that revolt, ex-Premier Saeb Salam, was confidently expected...