Word: senting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...President found the tirade so abusive that the U.S. flatly rejected it, sent it back technically unopened...
...reinforced the Seventh Fleet, already the greatest concentration of fire power ever in the Western Pacific, stripped down the Formosa defense command for action, added supersonic Lockheed F-1048 and the Army's Nike Hercules antiaircraft missiles to Formosa's arsenal, then sent Pacific Commander in Chief Admiral Harry Felt to Formosa for conferences and inspection...
...Presser's union paid $1,000 for "public relations and professional services" to Ohio's former (1955-57) Republican Senator George Bender, who is now one of three "antiracketeering" commissioners appointed by Hoffa himself. Bender's answer: he sent the money back...
Soldiers on the Hustings. Aware that the phrase "Algerian-type election" has long been a byword for fraud, the Gaullists are making every effort to assure an honest count, have sent hundreds of volunteer election commissioners from France to administer the balloting. For the first time, De Gaulle has allowed Moslems and Frenchmen to vote on a single list, opened the voting to Moslem women...
...midweek the Reds made their first serious effort to counter the new system, sent four fast torpedo boats out to intercept a pair of Nationalist LSTs. Before the Communist craft could reach their prey, Nationalist Sabre jets flashed down with cannon roaring and, by Taipei's count, sank three of the four. Angrily, the Communists hurled two waves of 16 MIGs apiece out to punish the Sabres. In the swirling dogfights that followed, four Nationalist pilots knocked down at least five MIGs, sent the rest hightailing home. The kills brought the Nationalist total to 17 MIGs in three weeks...