Word: patriotism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Bela Fabian, 77, Hungarian patriot, a leader of Budapest's Jewish community and prewar member of Parliament who survived Auschwitz and then emigrated in 1948 to the U.S., where he spent his years staging bitter protests against the Communists, particularly during the 1956 Hungarian uprising and during Nikita Khrushchev's 1960 U.S. visit, when he led 2,000 marchers with placards reading: "Murderers belong in Sing Sing"; of a heart attack; in San Juan, Puerto Rico...
Died. Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, 65, Polish patriot, wartime head of the Polish exile government who returned home in 1945, joined a coalition regime (as Vice Premier) with the Communists in hopes of moderating Red influence, saw rigged elections wipe out his Peasant Party before threats to his life forced him into exile once more in 1947, this time in the U.S., where he spent his years lecturing and writing; of a stroke; in Chevy Chase...
...India's fifth state-owned steel mill, and one of the likely sites was near the coastal city of Vizagapatnam in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. Several weeks ago, in an effort to force the government's hand to start building the plant soon, a regional patriot named Amruta Rao went on a hunger strike. Little by little, noisy support for his demand spread through out the state. Last week mobs went on a rampage in dozens of towns, burning post offices and railway stations, tearing down telegraph lines and looting private shops. Finally, after 18 rioters...
Many people who come to Harvard games live close to the Stadium -- Patriot fans would be converging from the center city and the most distant suburbs, and most would bring cars. Collins suggests converting some of the green area near the river into asphalt parking space. That would certainly serve the Patriots well, but what about the University...
...both temperature and humidity in the 80s, Johnson peeled off his jacket, self-consciously patted his paunch, then sprang another surprise. He presented Westmoreland with a Distinguished Service Medal "for his courage, for his leadership, for his determination, and for his great ability as a soldier and as a patriot." Like the good soldier he is, the general betrayed no surprise, did not even turn his head when he heard the news. "American fighting men," concluded the President, "you have the respect, you have the support, you have the prayers of a grateful President and of a grateful nation...