Word: grounds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...newly opened middle ground of Germany, the debate over Russian-imposed partition acquired new dimensions last week, in a bold speech by a key West German politician. With the unprecedented TV exchange between East and West Germany less than a month away, Christian Democratic Majority Leader Rainer Barzel, 42, outlined in the U.S. a blueprint for German reunification that went far beyond Bonn's customary frozen position...
...same careful preparation and mystery that he brought to his counterat tacks of World War II and his political campaigns since 1958. For months, he has been polishing Russian phrases and memorizing speeches - he will make 19 during his twelve-day visit. His scouts have reconnoitered the high ground of Muscovy: Paris's Mayor Albert Chavanac last week toured Red Square, while French scholars swarmed through the Soviet capital discussing everything from color TV to oceanography...
...eight major cities, the Reds' total vote dropped 1.6%. In 93 smaller communities, their share of the vote declined 7% . In Rome itself, where they hoped to win a plurality, the party lost ground for the first time since 1948. The chief beneficiary of the losses (and of similar defections from the right wing): Premier Aldo Moro's Chris tian Democrats...
More than 13,000 rounds of artillery had pocked the ridge north of Kontum, and more than 100 fighter-bomber strikes had added their bite. But the three battalions of North Viet Nam's 24th Regiment still clung to the high ground as Operation Hawthorne-and the first major battle of 1966 for the critical Central Highlands-entered its second week...
...overcast and seemingly empty sky began raining bombs. For 47 minutes they fell in lethal, patterned precision, laying open the ridge in a giant surgical slash. The bombs came from 24 high-flying B-52s guided in from Guam by "sky spot" radar controllers on the ground. Within five minutes after the last bomb had burst, G.I.s were swarming over the ridge-or what was left of it. The scattered pockets of resistance that had survived the lash of destruction were soon wiped...