Word: poured
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...huge supplies of Russian arms continue to pour into Luanda, the M.P.L.A. admitted that 1,200 Cuban combat troops had arrived. They will reinforce an estimated 1,000 soldiers and 700 advisers Cuba had previously sent to Neto. The M.P.L.A.'S main problem, reports Griggs, seems to be poor tactics and troop discipline. Cuban advisers assigned to the southern front complain that they have been stranded in unfamiliar territory when M.P.L.A. units broke and ran under fire...
...forced underground, there is no doubt the BNP will play a prominent role in the uncertain future of the Basques in Spain. Should the post-France government liberalize its policy towards Basques, legalization of the BNP would be one way to channel political steam that might otherwise pour into the radical activities of the Nationalist Party's illegitimate offspring, ETA, "Basque Country and Freedom...
...says Sayed Marei, President of the Egyptian Parliament and one of Sadat's top advisers. "But I predict that by 1978 our economy will be strong again. If the U.S. could provide us with food-wheat, corn and vegetable oils-during this three-year transition period, we could pour our foreign exchange into economic development...
...witness the rise of cities like San Diego, into which the Navy and the Marines pour $700 million each year in payrolls alone and the government feeds $1 billion annually into the local aerospace industry and $100 million into ship-building. The leading citizens of San Diego include John Alessio, a former bookmaker turned racetrack operator and C. Arnholt Smith, a highlevel con man chosen "Mr. San Diego of the Century" by the local paper. Smith used the money from his bank, U.S. National, to run deals with organized crime in California, taking a healthy chunk out to support himself...
...radical community, and she was ostracized. Whenever she attended meetings, she was surrounded by a circle of empty seats. She sought to counteract her alienation by making a full confession of her past links to the FBI. To reporters, radio interviewers and anyone else who would listen, she would pour forth self-criticism and expound on Marxist and Maoist theories. Whereupon both the FBI and the radicals dropped her entirely. Still longing for the thrills of clandestine work, she cultivated ties with San Francisco police, who in turn put her in touch with the Treasury Department's Bureau...