Word: sten
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...evening last week commandos of the Royal Marines waited silently on the darkening slopes of Cyprus' 6,000-ft. Troodos Mountains. Peering through binoculars they watched a village woman .slowly climb a pine-covered hillside, drop her bulky load and return the way she had come. Sten guns at the ready, the marines in camouflaged battledress leaped swiftly from their lookout and arrived just in time to round up seven E.O.K.A. terrorists who had moved down to collect their supplies...
...killing of Chauffeur Setu, insisted Beldeanu, was an accident. Convinced that Setu was trying to get a gun out of the legation car, one of the younger members of the band aimed at Setu's feet only to have his Sten gun jump and riddle the chauffeur's body. Beldeanu admitted, however, that he had considered taking hostages and holding the legation until the Bucharest government liberated a number of prominent anti-Communists from Rumanian jails. "Don't you think this is a bit too fantastic?" asked Presiding Judge Paul Schwartz. "No," said Beldeanu firmly...
...found Sophocleous standing between Sir John's and Lady Harding's twin beds, rewinding the electric cord on the machine. Why wasn't he vacuuming? Said Sophocleous: "I have done all that is necessary." That night, while his army patrolled the city in Land Rovers with Sten guns at the ready, Sir John slept a round eight hours...
King's Choice. After the death of Field Marshal Papagos four months ago, King Paul passed over several senior politicians to pick 48-year-old Karamanlis for the premiership. Since then the government's halls have reverberated to his sten torian voice as he drives his subordinates on with exhortation and colorful invective. Impatient of inefficiency, he is apt to call a hapless minister, peremptorily demand action or his resignation. "Any solution is better than no solution," he snaps...
...tiny caique away from Greece to safety. Now the officer is the hunter, and it is time to hunt down Greeks as brave and as passionate for freedom as those who saved his life. "Things have certainly changed," the officer sighs. He slaps a clip into his Sten gun and orders his men forward...