Word: refugee
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...raids left it almost bare of vegetation. In 1954 it was the first refuge of 82 inhabitants of nearby Rongelap, who were evacuated, their hair falling out in patches, after an H-bomb test had sprinkled their home with radioactive residue. When the radioactivity on Rongelap died down, the refugees returned and Kwajalein quieted down. But last week it was busier than ever as a task force prepared to test the Nike Zeus, the U.S. Army's anti-missile missile. On the glaring, sun-baked coral of Kwajalein, scientists hope to find an answer to an ominous question...
It is always a surprise to find a good first novel, but it never is surprising to find that it comes from the South. From Harper Lee. whose To Kill a Mockingbird won this year's Pulitzer Prize, the list runs back to writers of remarkable quality. William Styron...
The Republican leaders consulted by Kennedy responded handsomely, promising him their fullest cooperation. But some others seemed less willing to remain silent in the face of setback. Snapped G.O.P. National Chairman Thruston B. Morton: "The time has come for our Government to sing bass in world affairs and not take...
"Be a Genius." The recipient of these accolades was born to the name of Charles Edouard Jeanneret in the dour Jura mountain village of La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland, a few miles from the French border. His parents were Protestants, descendants of the heretical Albigenses who took refuge in...
In the event of war, Dhahran might be useful as a place to refuel nuclear bombers or as a refuge for them after a mission, since it is a mere 850 air miles from the Soviet border. But a powerful clique of Saudi royal princes has been ceaselessly nagging the...