Word: plain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...British, who came to exploit the rich Brazilian market, broke down many of the social barriers. They "unshadowed" Brazil, leaving it open, plain and more English. Shutters were replaced by glass windows; verandas were built so that the mansion women at least could look out on the street. The streets were paved, lighted, and generally "emancipated" from the wealthy...
...three weeks, the Red forces, reinforced by cadres of Viet Minh troop commanders, mortar specialists and artillery advisers from Communist North Viet Nam, had been nibbling away at neutralist positions around the 30-mile perimeter of the grassy, pool-table-flat Plaine des Jarres. Strategically placed in the center of Laos, the plain-named after the ancient stone burial jars still found in the area-controls the approaches to the rest of the country and is the primary access route to North Viet Nam. With the Plaine des Jarres in their hands, the Reds could solidify their hold...
Fleeing Neutralists. The week began with a desperate flight to the plain by Neutralist Premier Souvanna Phouma, who hoped it still might be possible to arrange a cease-fire between the Communist Pathet Lao and Neutralist Army Chief Kong Le. Things seemed cheery enough as the opposing leaders embraced and their troops exchanged cigarettes. But. as one neutralist put it, "we exchange cigarettes during the day and bullets at night." All too true. Hardly had Souvanna departed when the truce abruptly collapsed...
Moving over the mountaintops and through the passes girdling the plain, the Reds at last surrounded the six-mile-long plateau. From the heights, the Communists laid a mortar barrage on the airfield, Kong Le's last remaining lifeline to Vientiane. With the airstrip inoperable, Kong Le was forced to rely on runners as his primary means of communication; he had no choice but to pull together what was left of his shattered forces and move off the plain...
...minute TV speech last week, Charles de Gaulle made his first public address since the historic Jan. 14 press conference at which he barred Britain from Europe. As the baroque paragraphs unfolded, it became plain that France's President had not retreated from the policies that have divided the Western Alliance and halted the integration of Europe in the three months since. His views on key issues...