Word: engulfed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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These are voices-some voices-of the Negro revolution. That revolution, dramatically symbolized in this week's massed march in Washington, has burst out of the South to engulf the North. It has made it impossible for almost any Negro to stay aloof, except at the cost of ostracism by other Negroes as an "Uncle Tom." It has seared the white conscience-even while, in some of its excesses, it has created white bitterness where little or none existed before. And right up to the President of the U.S., it has forced white politicians who have long cashed...
Fearful lest the hot little war engulf the entire Middle East, the U.N. last week sent Ralph Bunche, a veteran Middle East troubleshooter who is trusted by both sides, to discuss a solution with representatives of Sallal and the Imam; from Yemen he will go to Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan...
Keating, a leading Republican critic of the Kennedy administration's handling of the problem of Soviet military power in Cuba, said he had "never suggested" the possibility of an invasion of the U.S. He said, however, that Soviet military forces in Cuba threaten to engulf Latin America unless they are removed. He did not specify the steps he feels must be taken...
...drafted, and sent to the front," an ominous-sounding male voice admonished. "The flames of war may creep in from the Caribbean and engulf your home...
...rebels intended to kill Castro and other members of the Communist hierarchy, then follow up with sabotage and uprisings that would engulf Cuba in turmoil. Behind the plot was a reorganized Cuban underground, including a new group consisting largely of Cuban military men fed up with Castro. The plotters reportedly had backing in the Cuban army, the navy, even the militia. But they paid dearly for their plans...