Word: mammoths
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...long guns of tanks swiveled from side to side in the baroque alleyways of Prague. The Russians surrounded the presidential palace on Hradcany Hill, planted artillery on the heights of Letna Hill, where a mammoth statue of Stalin once overlooked the city. In Old Town Square, they even placed six antiaircraft guns by the Jan Hus monument, the symbol of Czechoslovakia's historic quest for liberty. Everywhere, paratroops in purple berets stood guard alongside tank crews in full battle dress, cradling automatic rifles in their laps. In swiftness of execution, the invasion had been a model military operation...
...strikes go, it was a midget involving a mere 1,250 workers. In terms of damage, it could turn out to be mammoth. With the St. Lawrence Seaway closed by a labor dispute for the first time in its nine-year life, growing economic dislocations last week rippled across eight U.S. states and much of Canada...
...trappings, Black Power Warrior Stokely Carmichael, 26, and Click-Singer Miriam Makeba, 36, celebrated their recent marriage at a reception held in Mount Vernon, N.Y., by Akili Danieli, Tanzanian Ambassador to the U.N. Married secretly about a month ago in Washington, D.C., the couple canceled their plans for a mammoth reception because of Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination. Now the newlyweds have little time for honeymooning. Miriam went to South America for a monthlong concert tour; Stokely holed up in Washington and let the world know that Black Power machinations and marriage were not mutually exclusive pursuits...
...running back, he averaged 6.3 yards a carry and led the Yardlings in scoring with a record 56 points last fall. He has sure hands and good moves, and could be converted to end or flanker if absolutely necessary. Pete Varney averaged 7.2 yards a carry last fall. A mammoth of a halfback, he stands 6-3 and weighs 240. Yet he is fast (runs the 100-yard dash in 10.1) and has tricky moves. Once he starts moving he seems virtually impossible to bring down. He is capable of playing fullback or linebacker as well...
Blue-Eyed Soul Brother. When Bobby arrived in Columbus, last week, ostensibly to meet with Ohio's convention delegation, the scene was near-anarchy but fairly typical. Advance radio plugs had invited the populace to the airport for a "moonlight meeting" with Bobby and Ethel. A mammoth traffic jam resulted. Finally arriving in the city, Kennedy stood on his convertible's hood with his Irish cocker spaniel Freckles at his feet. At Mt. Vernon and North Champion Avenues in the Negro Near East Side, friendly crowds engulfed the car. Admirers fell over each other and into the motorcade's path...