Word: mainland
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...make the government in Moscow a target of militant protest, they would not be alone in their sympathies. In this regard, the events in Petrograd during the last two weeks in February were absolutely inflammatory. If they were to pick up the gun, the sailors thought, many on the mainland and in the Imperial City itself would join them...
...that it was a reactionary plot. It is possible, in fact, that the Soviets believed the Whites were behind it all, particularly in the early days of the two-week revolt when reliable information was hard to come by, when local newspapers were reporting fallacious rebel bombardments of the mainland and, in one case, a sailors' seizure of Petrograd. But it is precisely this spontaneous characteristic of the revolt, its self-imposed locality, its conformity, in fact, with the Bolshevik catchword 'soviet,' that raises the crucial question: Did the regime act honestly and fairly when it moved against the sailors...
...making proving flights along the Andes, a region in which they have had minimal flying experience. There is no doubt, furthermore, that the mercy planes have off-loaded cargo in Havana before continuing south to Peru. All told, three or four Soviet aircraft are now appearing on U.S. mainland radar screens every 24 hours, the largest number ever...
...admitted that he was "very tired," but he walked unassisted across the heavily guarded Lo Wu bridge separating the China mainland from the British colony of Hong Kong. U.S. consular officials were soon en route to welcome the arrival: 79-year-old Bishop James E. Walsh of Baltimore. After twelve years of captivity in a Shanghai prison, the Roman Catholic prelate last week was given his freedom...
Because of its 90-day residence requirement, not yet tested in the courts, and its distance from the mainland, Hawaii has not so far become an "abortion capital." Under the new law, 1,002 operations have been performed, 638 of them at Honolulu's Kapiolani Maternity and Gynecological Hospital. Three-fourths of the women aborted have been single, including divorcees and widows; most have been between 20 and 30 years old. On the premise that it is cheaper to help parents control family size than to force them to feed unwanted children, welfare authorities have paid welfare patients...