Word: ganges
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...midst of this clamor, President Chamoun has apparently decided to try to change the constitution so as to run for a second term this fall. The Nasser sympathizers seized on this issue to bolster their cause. One night last week a gang of gunmen sneaked up on the President's summer residence, empty at this time of year, and riddled it with bullets. The government banned all demonstrations and ordered all pictures of Nasser pulled down. There was a brief Cabinet crisis, in which Premier Solh shuffled his ministers in a faintly propitiatory manner...
...wanted. World War II put on the pressure: Peenemünde must either produce a devastating military weapon or get out of business. Peenemünde's answer was the A-4 (standing for Aggregate-4, but later named V2, for Vengeance Weapon Two, by Hitler's gang). Its first test was a dismal flop. So was the second. For Peenemünde, the third test was do or die. On Oct. 3, 1942, the A-4 soared supersonically to a history-making height of nearly 60 miles, functioned perfectly. Peenemünde's men danced...
...Central Junior High (64% Negro), teachers patrol the lavatories during class breaks to prevent gang attacks, often frisk the pupils for switchblades and razors. Favorite weapon: a beer-can opener with honed edges. One boy at Central Junior was transferred to another school, his teacher reported, "because the extortion racket and fear were just about to produce a nervous breakdown...
Several veteran patrolmen suggested, however, that it might be the work of an organized gang with all members disguised to look alike. "It could have been done by as many as five or six," one informant suggested, and cited as evidence that often the time between two attempts was only 15 minutes...
Announcer on Radio--And now we introduce a noo group being heard on the radio for the first time. It's a gang of seventeen-year-old kids from Phillips Academy called the BROMES. They're gonna sing, "Baby, You Jes' Wait...