Word: signed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Elite Sign. The Kremlin's pressure on Czechoslovakia ranged from attacks on the most liberal proponents of reform to an ill-concealed attempt to intimidate the government by delaying the departure of Soviet troops, which had been conducting maneuvers on Czechoslovak soil. The most ominous Russian warning came from the official Communist Party newspaper Pravda, which for the first time compared the Czechoslovak situation to the Hungarian uprising of 1956. It spoke of Czechoslovakia's "counterrevolutionary activity"-the worst swear word in the Communist lexicon-and charged that the progressives in Prague were "more treacherous and sinister" than...
Another major sign of how much life has changed is the outpouring of honors for Thomas Masaryk, the country's first President, and his son, the late Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk, who was probably murdered by the Communists. The very existence of both men was officially erased during the Novotnŷ period. Now, at the graves of the two patriots in the village of Lany, small green shrubs have been planted to form letters that spell the presidential motto, "Truth Prevails." Schools in Prague and Bratislava have been renamed after both men. And some mornings, as the train pulls...
...again mentioned his need for a rest. By July 1, Pompidou sensed a less friendly atmosphere at the Elysée. As one Minister put it: "There was that air, the chauffeurs and the ushers talk, you know, and then there were those dossiers being brought in"-a sign that De Gaulle was poring over secret personnel records of all possible candidates...
When the sad news about the Argylls became known, angry Scots immediately announced a drive to save the historic regiment, and one of the first men to sign their petition was the Duke of Argyll, Sir Ian Douglas Campbell, a descendant of the unit's traditional officer clan. But unless Whitehall recants-and it seldom does-the Argylls played their swan song as they piped themselves out of Aden...
Testifying to its conservative stance, new-boy ADD so far has made only one loan: $5,000,000 to Thailand for a fish-refrigeration plant. But several other firm loan applications are in the works. Ceylon will shortly sign for a loan to improve tea production, Taiwan wants $5,000,000 for a fishing fleet, and Indonesia would like $150 million to increase food production. Malaysia has applied to ADB for a loan to build oil-palm mills, and two weeks ago the bank signed a technical-assistance agreement with the Philippines under which ADB will send five experts...