Word: raiding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...month-old ceasefire. Last week it was Israel's turn to retaliate. A few days earlier, the Egyptians had unleashed a sudden Sabbath rocket and artillery barrage that killed 15 Israeli soldiers guarding the right bank of the Suez Canal. Israel's riposte was the most spectacular raid since last year...
...police also said that if ABC went in without making arrests, it was "just investigatory work" and "not a raid." Although the Cambridge officers were not informed of the investigation, they did say that even a private club cannot serve minors...
...remaining 70 students expected a police raid late last night, a Daily Californian source said...
...became something of a legend-and today he is the last of that era's heroes still seeking to command. In England, LeMay concluded that too many of his B-17s were missing targets because they zigzagged away from antiaircraft fire. He led the next raid over Saint-Nazaire, directing his planes in a straight-line block formation through the flak. Next day he ordered his planes to take no more evasive actions on their final bombing runs. Losses went up, but so did the proficiency of his bombers. LeMay took similar risks in the Pacific. Assigned...
...Western observers. Nonetheless, the Yugoslavs are preparing for the worst. Tito, fearing a Soviet-inspired attempt on his life, has taken special security precautions. Throughout the country, bomb shelters are being built. As an added touch of realism, Yugoslav airplanes drop smoke bombs on some cities during air-raid drills. Emulating the tactics of the Czechoslovak broadcasters, Yugoslav radio stations are setting up alternative facilities outside the cities so that they can keep the people informed in the event that the urban areas fall to invaders. The 300,000-man Yugoslav army, which is equipped with a mixture...