Word: juntas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...outstanding match was at first singles, between Junta and Yale's sophomore ace, Don Dell. Almost completely recovered from his injury, Junta started out the contest by literally blowing Dell off the court in the first...
Taking advantage of his powerful first serve, which gave Dell a good deal of trouble all afternoon, the Crimson captain took the opening set, 6-1. Dell came back to win the second, but behind 3-1 in the deciding set, Junta found his second wind and determinedly won the next five games to take the match...
Second singles man Larry Sears capped off his season, most of which he spent at the number one spot, by polishing off Jon Clark in straight sets. Both Sears and Junta are seniors, however, and will be missed next year...
...reprisal for the execution of three rebels in Algiers' jail. Driven by uncontrollable fury, thousands of colons surged into the streets of Algiers shouting "The army to power!" and "Vive De Gaulle!" (see below). They were quieted only when General Massu placed himself at the head of a junta with the ominously evocative name of the Committee of Public Safety...
...edged into its second week, almost everybody involved in the maneuvering seemed to be playing a dangerous forcing role with a skillful caution that left room for retreat. Premier Pflimlin. gaining time with each day in office, was unflinching but not unyielding; he might have denounced the Algiers military junta for sedition, but he chose instead to remind it of its duty. The junta itself preserved a careful ambiguity about the source of its authority. Unpredictable Zealot Jacques Soustelle. greeted by fervent admirers in Algiers, nonetheless cried ou; "Long live the Republic!" and denied that he was preparing a coup...