Word: soils
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...question that has begun to puzzle and even embarrass proud young Israelis. "We licked 40 million Arabs," said one, "and we were a little more than half a million. We had few arms. But I suppose Germans are not Arabs: and we were fighting on our own soil. Still, I am not convinced...
...come by in the Congo. The talks had hardly begun before Katanga's proud, stubborn Moise Tshombe exploded with wrath at a deal that Kasavubu had made with Tshombe's archenemy, the U.N. The deal: to help clear foreign military advisers-including Tshombe's-from Congo soil...
From the moment the first anti-Castro rebel set foot on Cuban soil last week, it was inevitable that there would be shouts and shoving, mostly against the U.S. So, right on schedule, it came to pass. In Moscow, well-organized throngs marched on the U.S. embassy to toss inkpots and rocks; they were easily kept from getting really riotous by a phalanx of Soviet militiamen. In Rio de Janeiro, Bogotá, La Paz, Caracas, Mexico City and Buenos Aires, unruly mobs of students and workers milled in the streets and battled with police and one another. In Tokyo, left...
...level CIA man said.) Artime agreed that something had to be done or morale among the Cubans, chafing under discipline in the Guatemalan camps, would begin to deteriorate. He also agreed that time would only favor Castro, enable him to root his dictatorship even more firmly in Cuban soil. When President Kennedy also agreed on the timing, it was Artime who was permitted to break the news for the new Cuba, while his fellow council members-including Mir-were held incommunicado...
...friction with the earth's atmosphere, began its plunge to a landing. All Russia waited nervously-and the government-controlled radio milked every moment for suspense. Not until 12:25 was the proud announcement put on the air: "At 10:55 Cosmonaut Gagarin safely returned to the sacred soil of our motherland...