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Word: sagamihara (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...protesters have a more peaceful-and potent-tactic. Since Aug. 5, when a group of Socialist demonstrators sat down in front of a convoy of tank transporters hauling five U.S. M48 tanks, the Army has been unable to move any armor into or out of its huge depot at Sagamihara, where military equipment is repaired for use in Viet Nam. Though some 200 tanks and armored personnel carriers are now bottled up in the depot awaiting shipment, Japan's tough riot police have not been called out against the protesters, who are after all only upholding the law: under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: No Tanks | 9/11/1972 | See Source »

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