Word: northeasterner
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...days, Neutralist Premier U Ba Swe's government, fearful of incurring the wrath of the giant on its northeastern border, denied the Nation's report, though the news had obviously been leaked by worried Burmese army officers. Finally, bit by bit. the government began to admit facts which it had been suppressing for more than a year. The Chinese "invasion," said the government, was limited to the Wa States, where Red troops began to cross the border in the 1954-55 winter. By May of last year, Chinese Communist forces had established semipermanent outposts inside the Wa States...
...nowhere. Then he attached himself to five ascetics and fasted, until "when I touched my belly I felt my backbone through it." But this, too. proved a spiritual dead end, and at last, after six years of experiment, he sat down beneath a Bodhi tree at Bodh Gaya in northeastern India and determined not to move until he had plumbed the secret of existence. After 49 days it came-what Buddhists call The Enlightenment. "I knew," said Buddha, " 'rebirth' has been destroyed, the higher life has been led; what had to be done has been done. I have...
Brandeis to date has been the doormat of the G.B.L. with a season's record of 2 and 11. Defensively, the team has been weak all year, and with the exception of Stein's performance against Northeastern, the pitching has been at a low ebb. Catcher and captain Dick Cunningham has been the only consistent hitter...
Maurice Stein, a fast left hander, will start for Brandeis this afternon. Stein gave the Judges their one moment of glory this year when he beat Northeastern...
...Riper, the Green's top hurler, should provide the answer. A strong right hander, Van Riper pitched one of the Ivy League's best games of the year when he lost to a strong Yale team 1 to 0 in the ninth. Left-hander Dom Repetto, who has beaten Northeastern, Tufts, and Brown this year, will start for the Crimson...