Word: grounds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...week for stronger stuff, were predictably unhappy. "The resolution is defective," said Nigeria's moderate Ambassador Chief S. O. Adebo. Leading the chorus of complaint was Russia's Nikolai Fedorenko. who picked up some political change in Africa by abstaining-along with Bulgaria and Mali-on the ground that the sanctions did not go far enough. France also abstained from voting, but for a different reason: in the opinion of General de Gaulle, Rhodesia is strictly a British problem and outside U.N. jurisdiction...
...court did indeed issue a correction. Last week out went Parker's conviction on the ground that he had been denied his Sixth Amendment right to cross-examine his accusers, meaning the bailiff. There was, held eight Justices, a "probability" that the jury was improperly swayed by "outside influence...
...Fiok refused to lose his cool during the trial's first three weeks, the cons armed themselves with homemade zip guns, broke out of the county jail during the weekend, kidnaped a policeman, and wounded a guard. Recaptured within an hour, they brazenly demanded a mistrial on the ground of "prejudicial publicity." When that failed, Mayberry scorned the trial as "comic opera," called the prosecutor "Gilbert" and the judge "Sullivan." "If I can't get my rights legally," Langnes shouted at the judge, "I'll have to blow your head off. You understand that, punk...
...produced by spacecraft atmospheric-regeneration systems (because it will probably be recycled for drinking water, urine was not included). They then blended their repulsive mixture with powdered metal and a solid oxidizer, producing a black, slimy, globlike but surprisingly odorless substance that was dignified with the name MONEX W. Ground-tested in a rocket engine, it ignited quickly, burned smoothly with a bright orange flame, and produced ample thrust. The successful demonstration has just won Rocket Research a NASA feasibility contract to determine if MONEX W can be used on manned space flights...
...right to mine and export iron ore and eventually to manufacture steel, an ambitious $600 million enterprise. The two new projects were only the latest in a spate of similar announcements. Phil lips Petroleum plans to pump in some $60 million, starting with a new fertilizer plant for which ground has already been broken. Union Carbide will expand its operations to the tune of $62,300,000. International Harvester has not only reopened; it is also spending $30 million to expand its truck line and build its first tractors in the country...