Word: kept
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Strung," the new Radio Phnom-Penh soon announced jubilantly, "thousands of buffalo carts are on the road." Prince Norodom Sihanouk, 56. In perhaps the strangest episode of the week, the ebullient "god-prince" who once ruled Cambodia suddenly' emerged from the house arrest in, which he had been kept for three years by Pol Pot. Following a bizarre six-hour press conference in Peking, Sihanouk flew to New York City to plead the Kampuchean cause before the U.N. Security Council. His 41-minute speech turned out to be one of his best ever. Without straining his credibility by defending...
...ceased to exist, can be explained simply: he hates the Vietnamese more than he hated the Khmer Rouge regime of Premier Pol Pot, which had ruled Cambodia for four years until its overthrow by Vietnamese-backed rebel forces last week. For most of that time, Sihanouk had been kept under virtual house arrest in Phnom-Penh. Two weeks ago, Pol Pot sent for the Prince and asked him to go to the U.N. to protest the Vietnamese invasion. Sihanouk replied, "I am ready...
Alexander took the oath of office Wednesday, three days ahead of schedule, in a hastily-arranged ceremony that was kept secret from Blanton until it was already underway. Alexander said he took office early to prevent Blanton from releasing any more prisoners...
...only a few months later, This Year's Model, landed on the public almost too soon--it was hard to believe one man could write that many great songs so fast, and record them so well. This Year's Model added an organ to Costello's instrumental mix, but kept the clean, direct sound that delivered his catchy hooks so well. It remains his best album; every song is classic rock and roll in a style critics had given up years ago for lost...
Senior netminder Nelia Worsley kept the green-clad Concordians off the board for two periods until the Crimson offense got untracked...