Word: ethiopia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ETHIOPIA, 1935. General Legion: Blockade Italy, shutting off oil. Close the Suez Canal to Italian troop ships. If necessary, bombard Genoa, Naples, Leghorn, Palermo. Captain Truman: Send American troops to Ethiopia. No blockade. No closing of the canal...
...Korea, the Ethiopians will be commanded by little (5 ft. 6 in.) Colonel Kebbede Gabra, who was trained by the British at Ganat Military Academy (Ethiopia's West Point). Although he is inexperienced in modern war, the British expect him to do well; the Emperor awarded him a medal...
Democratic, progressive Switzerland finds itself in strange company on one point. It is one of only 14 countries in which women are barred from voting. The others: Afghanistan, Colombia, Costa Rica, Haiti, Honduras, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia...
...resolution: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Liberia, Luxembourg, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Thailand, Turkey, Union of South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela...
...World, tolerant and peaceful. Last week he would not admit that U.N.'s timidity in the face of Chinese Communist aggression has any ominous resemblance to the League of Nations' historic breakdown when confronted by Japanese aggression in Manchuria and Italian aggression in Ethiopia. "You can't kill the United Nations, even with a battle-ax," he insists. "The people of the world would never allow this organization to quit...