Word: rosee
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Karami decreed a state of emergency, and the army slapped a curfew on seven Lebanese cities where disturbances had occurred. The casualty toll rose to 17 dead and 150 wounded as demonstrations broke out anew, and both pro-and anti-fedayeen forces pressed the Premier to take a stand. "The government can not take any side without splitting the country," said Karami, abruptly submitting his resignation. That presented President Charles Helou with the task of finding someone to form a government of "national unity" to end the unrest. But the only way to accomplish that would...
...Japanese plane nosed through heavy rain toward the black waters of the Sea of Japan, leveled off at 300 ft. and closed in on the broad deck and square bridge of the U.S. aircraft carrier Enterprise. Pilot Satoru Kumon tensed as A-4 Skyhawk fighter-bombers rose from the flattop to meet him. But he plunged ahead to circle the carrier and position one of his two companions for sure, close shots of the huge ship. Then, unharmed, the three Japanese fled toward their home base on Kyushu...
Last week the Government announced that prices rose at a faster rate during March than in any other month since the peak of the Korean War inflation. The increase was 0.8%, which, if continued at the same rate for a year, would bring an overall price advance of almost...
...fire for several months." Several special circumstances, moreover, contributed to the March price increases. One was the fact that high interest rates were suddenly included in the figure for home ownership costs. Prices for used cars, which swung downward temporarily last year, rebounded sharply to their former levels. Food rose by 0.4% and clothing by 0.6%. Higher prices did not deter shoppers from buying spring fashions; March sales in the apparel industry rose 14% above their level of a year earlier...
...rise, ready even to burn. After the brilliant man was through a boy stood up. "Some of us want to go down to the administration building and occupy it behind the military demands," he said. "Everybody who wants to go stand up." Eleven people in a hall of 5000 rose...