Word: laying
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...when he started. He was locked in an extraordinary battle with the Vietnamese army he was supposed to be "aiding," most notably with Lieut. General Nguyen Khanh. In a deliberate and perhaps desperate move, Taylor was ready to risk an ultimate break with the Vietnamese army in order to lay down the U.S. law and bring about something like a stable government in South Viet...
Tragic Role. But last week as the nation held its first postindependence general election, there was precious little brotherhood, and Nigeria's model democracy lay in a shambles of violence, poll rigging, boycotting and threats. Any Nigerian who still felt like hailing his own dear native land would have to be quick about it: Nigeria was perilously close to a political breakup. "If Nigeria must disintegrate, then in the name of God, let the operation be short and painless," mourned President Nnamdi ("Zik") Azikiwe in a nationwide radio broadcast, calling on politicians to "summon a round-table conference...
...women have some distance yet to go to emancipation. Ecuadorian and Colombian law still prevent a married woman-separated or not-from leaving the country without her husband's written permission. But such old-fashioned notions are dying fast, and Latin American women are determined to lay down a few rules of their own. "We know," says Colombia's Señora de Uribe, "that we have something else to offer than men-namely, the human element, more compassion. And with this, we will conquer society which for years has kept us submissive...
Segregated Air. Most members work from a set of proven plans, but some advanced experimenters lay out their own templates on the garage floor, which they change as they go along. The average plane costs between $1,800 and $2,000 in materials, including a second hand airplane engine or one adapted from a Corvair or Volkswagen. They also cost about 3,000 man-hours, or two or three years of spare time...
...woman in the world, is ready to grant the unearthly sum of "100 million a year" for the next 20 years to the Catholic Church. (In view of later events, this may not be money but souls.) All that remains is for the cardinal's aide, a celibate lay brother named Julian, to go to Miss Alice's enormous Renaissance chateau and arrange the details. A shy God-intoxicated man, Brother Julian (John Gielgud) does not dream that he is keeping a rendezvous with temptation, trial and death...