Word: pumps
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Greeks say the men in the Land-Rover had intended to turn on a water pump that serves a nearby town, but were ambushed by Turkish Cypriots hidden in the dry riverbed. The Turks charge that the men in the Land-Rover opened fire on the village shepherds, who replied with their shotguns. With two dead and two wounded, the Land-Rover raced out of range, called for help. Greek Cypriots, armed with a variety of weapons, poured from neighboring villages. By noon they had surrounded Ayios Sozomenos and begun a battle that raged for five hours. At last, British...
...after it furiously. He did. Hitting the campaign trail in a bus dubbed the "Chuckwagon," which was chuck-full with Percy, his wife and five kids and an eight-piece band, he rolled into every corner of the state, showed up at no less than 43 county fairs to pump acres of hands, spent 18-hour days plugging his candidacy...
...Over the Pump. At 64, Irving runs his businesses like fiefs, delegating bits of authority only to his three sons, who range in age from 32 to 36. Like their father, they work up to 18 hours a day, do not smoke or drink, have little small talk or social life. K.C. operates out of a second-story walkup above a service station in Saint John, and all four Irvings lunch together at K.C.'s white frame house because, as he says, "we just don't get enough time to talk at the office." On his many trips...
Many Canadians applaud Irving for having created more jobs in New Brunswick than all of Canada's many official pump-priming projects. His critics counter that he got labor cheap and has kept it cheap, that he takes no part in community activities and does not even permit his workers to make payroll contributions to the United Fund-it costs too much time for his clerks to figure out the deductions. Irving has also shown a knack for breaking strikes in the past. But even those who would like to take K. C. Irving down a peg realize that...
...Arab nations poured into Cairo in answer to Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser's call for unified action against Israel's intention this spring to divert the waters of the Jordan River to irrigate the Negev desert. Declared Israel's Labor Minister: "We will pump water even under gunfire, and we will defend ourselves against any attack...