Word: ousted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...When 200,000 Chinese Nationalist troops marched into Viet Nam with French approval at war's end, Giap's guerrillas were ready to continue the struggle. But Ho typically preferred the more subtle tactic of turning ally against ally, and promptly sought to persuade the French to oust the Chinese again. Ho knew that France would be an easier adversary to deal with. Besides, there was the age-old hatred and fear of the Chinese. As Ho told his "United Front" allies who urged cooperation with the Chinese: "I prefer to smell French merde for five years than...
...Delta Democrat-Times. "They want revolutionary change of a kind which goes far beyond the question of an equal chance for all men." Middle-class Negroes, many of them veteran members of the N.A.A.C.P., charge that the ministry and the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO), are conspiring to oust them from leadership of the civil rights movement...
...country for the greatly increased majority they are sure he could win. But the way things stand, official spokesmen for each side claim they want no vote right now. The Tories are in almost total disarray, convinced that they cannot win with Home but fearing to oust him because Wilson might call a snap election before they can build up a new leader. Polls show that Labor would probably win a hefty majority, but Wilson leaves the impression that he has his own pragmatic reasons for not going to the country. His theory: the British people are fed up with...
...action shifts to a Navy cruiser where Captain John Wayne greets two Japanese torpedoes with relish, warmed by the prospect of "a gut-bustin', mother-lovin' Navy war!" First as captain, then as Admiral "Rock" Torrey, whose ultimate mission is to oust the enemy from the fictional islands of Gavabutu and Levu-Vana, Wayne delivers a bedrock performance that provides anchorage for the shipshape supporting cast. Pick of the lot is Nurse Patricia Neal, who enlivens Wayne's hours ashore with straightforward passion. Wayne woos his long-estranged son (Brandon deWilde) away from the public-relations...
Slight Thaw. Rumanian foreign policy favors Soviet-style peaceful coexistence, but Dej himself was as much a Stalinist as Mao. A onetime shoemaker's apprentice, he used Stalin's backing to oust Ana Pauker, the Communist Amazon, in 1952. His regime, despite some slight thawing, maintains just about the greyest, grimmest police state in Europe. Not until last year were 10,000 of his 12,000 political prisoners released...