Word: milles
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When he appears at receptions and parties, he is instantly surrounded by newsmen, Turkish officials and other diplomats. In a capital not noted for its excitement, the diplomatic gossip mill seems to run on practically nothing but Dubcek tidbits. "He told me he gets a letter every day from each of his three sons in Prague," one woman reported. Even the local children have taken to looking out for him on his quiet walks through Kurulu Park, behind his residence. "Sometimes when the children see me they shout, 'Dubcek, Dubcek!'" he mentioned recently. "But they...
Insatiable Headmaster. England's egg-throwing mania began in February at Carr Mill Junior School in Lancashire after Headmaster Douglas Appleton proved to his students that they could not break eggs by pressing them between their hands. Soon the children were throwing eggs from the school's second-floor windows. Eggs that hit the concrete were smashed, but those that fell on the lawn were undamaged. Says Appleton: "The excitement and wonderment were intense...
...approved a statement calling on all committee members "to return to their constituencies for discussions of their role and that of this committee, and for new elections where necessary." The committee also voted to call off plans for militant action against the CFIA and to hold a peaceful mill-in instead...
About 150 students munched apples and cheese sandwiches and debated with follows of the Center for International Affairs yesterday afternoon during a non-violent mill-in called by the Strike Steering Committee and the November Action Committee...
However. the Strike Steering Committee voted Tuesday night to restrict the action to a peaceful mill-in, and NAC agreed to the change...