Word: fighting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...head of government, Constantine still reigned over Greece, and without his consent no governmental action could legally be taken. Yet the palace coup that had occurred without the palace's consent offered him a cruel choice: either to fight the coup openly and risk being toppled from his throne or go along reluctantly in the hope of being able to influence the military later. For the time being, he chose the latter course...
...people weak, drained of resources and with only their spirit for consolation. That spirit is at the heart of the present trouble, for Greece today has not retained much of its ancient legacy of moderation and temperance. The Greeks are a volatile, hotheaded and individualistic people whose political factions fight each other with the fierce ardor of the wars of the ancient city-states. The monarchy, by raising national leadership above the slings and arrows of Greek-style politics, is a needed umbrella in whose shade Greeks of every political stripe from Trotskyites to fascists wrestle for attention and control...
Students from 12 Eastern divinity schools have decided to fight for the abolition of the 4-D exemption, which keeps both divinity students and clergy out of the draft...
...Vietnamese soldiers from a nearby government fort rushed into the building to fire back through the windows at the Viet Cong. "The children began to cry and were very afraid," says Mme. Kim Khanh. "I was very afraid and on the point of crying myself." After a half-hour fight, the Reds disappeared...
...fight to fill that market, estimated at 1,200 short-haul jets, Douglas' two-year-old DC-9 has moved into an overwhelming lead: 441 firm orders plus 118 options from 33 airlines. Last week the company turned over the 100th DC-9 from its Long Beach plant to Eastern Air Lines. British Aircraft Corp., which managed to beat U.S. planemakers into the short-haul business, has delivered 85 of its twin-jet BAC One-Elevens, has orders for 67 more (none from U.S. airlines). And competition is growing. Next month The Netherlands expects to start test flights...