Word: erupted
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...central government, which is situated in the West. He seemed on the brink of an outright declaration of independence for what he calls Bangla Desh (Bengal State), which would become the world's eighth most populous nation. If Mujib should make such an announcement, open warfare might well erupt between the East Pakistanis and the estimated 60,000 army troops, mostly Westerners, in their midst...
...during an interview in Rome's Chigi Palace last week. "Many structures of the state have not kept pace with these transformations and today appear to be insufficient." The Premier blamed the lethargic structures of government, which he is trying to change, for allowing bloody street battles to erupt all over Italy in recent months between right-and left-wing extremists. Colombo called out the army as well as the police to quell what he called "these infantile and dangerous attempts by extremists" of both wings to unsettle the center-left coalition. At the same time, in a rare...
That remains to be seen. Next year's dry season may prove to be the most trying test of the Administration's strategy. The North Vietnamese have been quiet for long periods before, only to erupt in disruptive offensives such as Tet. U.S. analysts are convinced that General Giap is planning a replay of 1968 for 1972. They are equally convinced that General Abrams can head him off at the pass?somewhere in Laos, perhaps, or maybe Cambodia?or possibly even in South Viet...
Funding Capone. Nowhere has that attitude been more evident than at the Episcopal Church's recent triennial General Convention in Houston, where Kinsolving played the dual role of observer and participant. On the eve of the convention he wrote a column speculating that the meeting could erupt into violence. He appeared on Houston TV to criticize Presiding Bishop John Hines' administration. During the convention, he testified at a budget-committee hearing. And each day, wearing clerical garb at the typewriter, he wrote an outspoken column for the Houston Post. Reaction was angry. Twenty-three Houston priests denounced...
...deleted. And this Spring, as the CRR punished almost 100 more students, requiring 11 of them to leave, it ruled that student demonstrators did not have to be warned that their actions were illegal in order to be prosecuted for them. In a situation where peaceful demonstrations could easily erupt into violence, the effect of this latest ruling was to scare students out of political activity and stifle legitimate dissent...