Word: patriot
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...loving which war never left them time to take part in. Yet both must continue the way of life that they are convinced accomplishes things on this planet. Victory has played a joke on each: the Communist, now responsible to the Russians, has ceased to be a patriot; the partisan who now finds himself killing other Poles has become a terrorist...
...That is really a sight to see when such a bourgeois patriot begins to become incandescent and one knows it is all merely playacting. Pretending nationalist passions is as appropriate to our passionless lazy burghers as an old whore miming love...
...five days of talk, greying Prince Boun Oum, ineffectual Premier of the royal government, sighed wearily: "All I want is tranquillity." Prince Souvanna Phouma, who espouses a doctrine called "neutrality in neutralism" and who is recognized as Premier by the Communists, tolerantly explained: "Boun Oum is a patriot, but he let himself be used by the Americans. He wants to get out of politics. I would like to do the same thing, but the people are all behind me, and I cannot let them down...
...that Shepard came from his state. The people of Derry, N.H., the astronaut's home town, organized their biggest parade ever. Marines, Navy, Air Force, and National Guard units marched in review. Planes zoomed overhead and showered confetti on the main street, schools were closed, and one overenthusiastic patriot suggested renaming Derry "Space-town, U.S.A." In Washington President Kennedy announced that the astronaut would get NASA's Distinguished Service Medal. When Shepard's handsome wife Louise heard what her husband had achieved, she beamed with pride and joy. "This is just a baby step," she said, "compared...
...Mennen Williams, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, told a Lexington audience yesterday that "the right to self-determination" in Africa "must be achieved." Williams and top level diplomats from 16 African nations were visiting the historic town for the annual Patriot's Day celebration in a gesture to "reaffirm our attachment to the cause of liberty in Africa and America...