Word: frayed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Novo, the ragged crowds carried black-draped coffins and chanted war songs as they ransacked government offices, burned cars, hauled down the green, yellow and red national flag from public buildings, and demanded Maga's ouster. Bariba tribesmen from Maga's native northern region leaped into the fray in his defense and killed two demonstrators with bows and arrows. Finally the President resigned in favor of Colonel Christophe Soglo, commander of Dahomey's 800-man army, who became head of state and promptly suspended the constitution...
...took two periods of play to do it, but the varsity soccer team finally shook off its pre-game lethargy, converting a relatively tight contest into a 7-2 rout of-Columbia. Saturday's fray on the Business School field also featured a hat-trick by senior star Chris Ohiri, who needs only six more goals in the next five games to top his own Ivy season record...
Surprise Move. The Russians happily joined the U.N. fray. But the accused had the best of the argument-for the moment. In a move prepared with U.S. encouragement, South Viet Nam's U.N. observer, Dr. N. P. Buu Hoi, sent a letter to Assembly President Carlos Sosa Rodriguez: "My government has asked me to extend an invitation to the representatives of several member states to visit Viet Nam in the very near future so that they may see for themselves what the real situation...
...sometimes I have to step in the fray, becoming a target of most cruel blows, it is not at all by natural taste, but because someone must finally make up his mind to take a position, dangerous, maybe, but necessary to break the paralyzing fear of others. What else can I do when I feel responsible for half of the population which I have done so much to liberate? Because of my utmost sincerity, I think that if I show some awkwardness, I need understanding rather than insults, which too many sectors of the American press are pouring...
...imperative that McCormack be thwarted in this move, one which may force President Kennedy to enter the fray. The President has already been asked to do so by the protesting Congressmen, who are members of the Democratic Study Group, an informal organization of 125 House liberals...