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...officer for the Strategic Air Command. It was only in 1965, when he was already well established in Stanford's English department, that he began to turn into a "revolutionary," which he defined as "someone who believes that the rich people who run the country ought to be overthrown and that the poor and working people ought to run the country. Simple...
...entered the rebel territory in the southern Sudan by way of Uganda. Quickly winning the rebels' confidence, Steiner was made commander in chief. Late last year, when he illegally entered Uganda to catch a flight to Europe, he was arrested. Uganda's President Milton Obote -who was overthrown two weeks later -turned him over to the Sudanese government...
Industrial nations, particularly the raw-material-starved Japanese, long hungered after Indonesia's largely untapped hoard of oil, copper, nickel and timber. But intense nationalism and chronic political upheaval kept foreigners out until volatile President Sukarno was overthrown in 1965. Since the new government began encouraging outside investment two years later, hundreds of companies from Japan, the U.S., Europe and the Philippines have poured $250 million into the archipelago, mostly for mining and logging, and have pledged to spend another $1.15 billion. On top of that, they are spending $150 million annually exploring offshore...
...this year the freshman have scored a touchdown in the opening plays of the game. "We like to score in the first series of the game if we can. We did against Tufts and Holy Cross. Against Dartmouth, we had a receiver in scoring position but the pass was overthrown," offensive coach Loyal Park said...
...Right Royal Damn. Rebels appeared throughout Morocco. Even while hundreds of army cadets attacked at Skhirat, other anti-Hassan forces seized radio stations in Rabat, the capital, and Casablanca, announced that the King had been overthrown, and proclaimed a "revolutionary republic." Shouting slogans like "Socialism has arrived-down with the monarchy!" rebel broadcasters brought thousands of dissident Moroccans into the streets. Many gleefully tore down birthday posters bearing Hassan's portrait. But their demonstration proved short-lived as baton-wielding police beat them back...