Word: mapped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...their part, he suggested that they should acknowledge his own "right and duty" to make the "case for realism." That case, he explained, means "simply that there is no rest from the trials of free dom, there is no recalling what the pace of change has done to the map of this big world, there is no reducing our responsibilities while the challenges of progress will not permit us to name the site for our duel or the weapons that...
Punjabi-speaking state in the western half of the present state of Punjab (see map). In 'the past, the demand for Punjabi Suba had been repeatedly rejected by the Congress Party on the grounds that it would establish a state on essentially religious grounds, something that India's constitution prohibits. Not so, argued the Sikhs, who claimed it was a matter of language. They are the only one of India's 14 major linguistic groups that has not been granted a separate state. Sikh Leader Sant Fateh Singh, 54, threatened to go on a 15-day fast...
...Gaulle's ultimatum was a blow at the heart of the alliance. For France is not only the geographic center of the NATO defense area, stretching from Great Britain to Turkey, it also houses the brains and nerves of NATO's vast, interlocking command system (see map). Among the men and facilities that will have to be transplanted beyond French frontiers if De Gaulle follows through on his ultimatum to the last detail...
...today's world map looks like a conglomerate glob of silly putty, smashed by a hammer and stuck together again, it is because the new nations are in large part literally and lineally the heirs of their colonial history. Physically, they are artifacts of 19th century imperialism's division of the spoils, confined within arbitrary frontiers contrived by colonial mapmakers. Psychologically, they are the heirs of Europe's own fierce nationalism, which fueled the race for empire. As 19th century British Philosopher Walter Bagehot observed, political man is a highly imitative animal. The subjugated peoples...
Volunteers whose assignments overseas call for strenuous physical conditioning are given additional training for outdoor living which may include hiking, rock-climbing, swimming and map reading. Proficiency in these activities, however, is not required. While such training was recommended for future community development workers in the mountains of Chile, for example, it would not necessarily be required for someone planning to teach English in an urban setting...