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...turned out, it had less effect at the time than was expected. There were few immediate consequences: Great Britain's Prime Minister William Gladstone grumbled that the Pope was trying to revive "universal monarchy"; Germany's Otto von Bismarck used the dogma as a pretext for his anti-Catholic Kulturkampf (struggle for civilization); a group of Catholics in Central Europe formed the schismatic Old Catholic Church partly in rebellion against the doctrine...
...would supply Israel with additional warplanes. But U.S. diplomats feared that the warplane announcement, even if it were accompanied by a peace initiative, would imperil the chances for a Middle East solution. American diplomats in Arab countries warned that anti-American riots would ensue that might serve as a pretext for Arab guerrillas to again attack, and perhaps even topple, King Hussein's shaky government in Jordan...
...seems that Nixon invaded Cambodia to give a pretext for the continued bombing of Cambodia after the U. S. troops pullout. The plans for Cambodia come from the same drawing board that produced those for Laos. In any case, the U. S. Army found very few NLF soldiers in Parrot's Beak. As they passed through the densely populated rice-producing area- if we can believe the American papers- they razed village after village, killing only peasants. Maybe Nixon thinks that the Red Khmers and the Cambodian resistance is not yet as strong as the Laotians and the Vietnamese...
...seems that Nixon invaded Cambodia to give a pretext for the continued bombing of Cambodia after the U. S. troops pullout. The plans for Cambodia come from the same drawing board that produced those for Laos. In any case, the U. S. Army found very few NLF soldiers in Parrot's Beak. As they passed through the densely populated rice-producing area-if we can believe the American papers-they razed village after village, killing only peasants. Maybe Nixon thinks that the Red Khmers and the Cambodian resistance is not yet as strong as the Laotians and the Vietnamese...
...Push. Modern thoroughbred racing in Japan dates back to 1888, when horses were imported from Europe under the pretext of improving the stock of the Japanese cavalry. Today there are 42 race tracks and 14 off-track betting centers, all of them crowded to capacity with eager bettors. The total on-and off-track handle for the Japan Derby, for example, was $12.7 million as compared with $2,383,972 for this year's Kentucky Derby. Complains one Japanese ticket seller: "A customer will stick his hand through the window to get his ticket and then...