Word: lake
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Savage fighting spread throughout the country. In the south, armed bands of Hutus seized control of the towns of Bururi and Rumonge and killed hundreds of Tutsi. On the shore of Lake Tanganyika, a force of 600 rebels occupied the town of Nyanza-Lac and drove off low-flying military planes with cascades of fire. "Everywhere," reported one pilot, "you see dead bodies...
...President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire (formerly known as the Congo) decided to help Micombero by airlifting to Burundi a planeload of veterans from his own army. Among other things, Mobutu wanted to get rid of a handful of onetime Congolese rebels-the notorious Simbas-who had paddled across Lake Tanganyika and joined in the fighting on the Hutu side. Mobutu's tough troops enabled the loyalist forces to put down the rebellion. Last week the Burundi radio announced that all leaders of the aborted coup had been captured-and appealed to the world for food and medical supplies...
...past 23 years, visits to Manhattan by London's Royal Ballet have become a springtime ritual. In most cases, the company's programming has become ritualistic too: 19th century warhorses like Swan Lake and Giselle, plus a generous dash of contemporary works like The Dream and The Two Pigeons by the Royal's longtime director Sir Frederick Ashton...
...plus $8,000 for his college education and a $5,000 bonus for winning 24 games last season. "I'll be lucky if I win ten games this season," said Vida. How did he keep in shape during his layoff? "I chased a girl around the lake the other...
...lost to Harvard earlier this year by two and a half lengths and had topped Northeastern by 2.8 seconds in the presupposed weak heat three of the morning trials, were racing next to the Huskies in the finals on the far two lanes opposite the Worcester side of Lake Quinsigamond...