Word: launching
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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There were plenty of things the old man could do. The President could order his army not to withdraw from any agreed "demilitarized zone," and might even launch a wildcat attack of his own. His men are on guard at all the prison camps except Camp Eight, where balking Chinese prisoners are kept; ROK guards might turn loose all North Korean prisoners who refuse repatriation. Rhee's delegate to the truce talks, Major General Choi Duk Shin, boycotted one session, and Rhee commended him for "high patriotism." General Choi told correspondents: "People ask me if we can fight alone...
...religiously poised between paganism and Christianity. The Ibos, about 3,000,000 strong, live east of the steamy valley of the Niger, Africa's third-largest river. Their leader, Dr. Nnamdi ("Zik") Azikiwe, 48, is a U.S.-educated tub-thumper whose chain of bush newspapers helped him launch Nigeria's most powerful political party. In the Southwest, an equal number of Yorubas make their headquarters in Ibadan (pop. 400,000), Africa's largest native city, and support Zik's chief rival, 43-year-old Barrister Obafemi Awolowo. Usually Zik and Awolowo fight each other, but when...
Dublin. As he went ashore on a naval launch from the liner America, he was greeted by pealing church bells and flocks of flag-waving moppets. Ambassador Taft picked up Sean, his own Dublin-born, three-year-old boy, for the crowd to see and said, "You're home again...
...last summer, TIME'S Seattle bureau chief. Dean Brelis, was aboard a small launch in the middle of Lake Washington, watching a trial run of the Slo-Mo-Shun IV, 1952 Gold Cup winner. Suddenly a sailboat slid effortlessly up to the launch. As the sailboat started to turn, a young lady standing in the bow tossed a stone into the launch. Brelis picked up the stone, found a piece of paper wrapped around it with thick rubber bands. On the paper was a message for him to get in touch with Western Union's Operator 25 immediately...
...station will operate more effectively if we can include the talents of local colleges," Place continued. His commission is expected soon to launch a campaign for additional funds for the station...