Word: overthrows
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...when brought to trial. We must take off the gloves and deal with this destructive element of our society; apparently, this is the only effective means of combating its anarchistic actions. In reality, the revolutionaries are the pigs that wallow in the mire of destructive tactics bent upon the overthrow of our society...
...thing, dissent broadened so abruptly that in most places the far-left fringes were simply overwhelmed. At a Columbia University rally, Kent State Student Fred Kirsch was loudly applauded when he told a crowd of 3,000: "Look, I read Jerry Rubin's book. I talked about violent overthrow myself. But when those rifle bullets cracked past my head, I suddenly realized you can't fight pigs with bricks. Whatever we do, it's got to be peaceful...
...answer goes back to a shift in Southeast Asia's balance of power in March: the unexpected overthrow of Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodia's ruler for nearly 30 years. Sihanouk tolerated the presence of some 40,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong in border provinces?but he managed to keep them in check by adroit political maneuvering. The new regime, headed by General Lon Nol, was determined to end Sihanouk's policy of playing along with the Communists. But Lon Nol's army, long used largely for roadbuilding and ceremonial functions, was, as one foreign diplomat observed, "more like...
...another; 310 others are awaiting trial. Police say the Panthers have shot to death six policemen and wounded 47 others (the police also report they have slain ten Panthers). The Panthers insist that their massive private arsenals are for self-defense, but they preach organized violence and the overthrow of the "fascist imperialist U.S. Government," and consider themselves the violent vanguard of a new American revolution. No Panthers have been convicted as yet of any bombings; several await trial on bombing charges...
...grassy mound, situated fittingly enough in the narrow, 110-yd. corridor of no man's land between East and West Berlin. Countless Adolf Hitler squares or streets in German cities and towns have been renamed, often in honor of such heroes of the plots to overthrow him as Klaus von Stauffenberg, Julius Leber and Lutheran Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Adolf, once a popular name, is seldom bestowed on German children today. About the only lasting memento is the 1,800 miles of modern autobahnen Hitler built, but even these highways have been broadened, resurfaced and extended beyond recognition...