Word: sterne
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that "U.S.S. Liberty was in international waters, properly marked as to her identity." A 5-ft. by 8-ft. U.S. flag flew at the masthead, must surely have been seen by three separate Israeli planes that surveyed the ship during the morning. Her name was lettered on the stern in English, which could hardly have been confused with the Arabic script on Egyptian ships. "The court produced evidence that the Israeli armed forces had ample opportunity to identify Liberty correctly," said the summary. But it added: "The court had insufficient information before it to make a judgment on the reasons...
...leave his seaside villa at Vung Tau because he feared that Loan's men would assassinate him. Increasingly, Ky's actions alarmed both South Viet Nam's top military officers and U.S. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker. During a luncheon two weeks ago, Bunker gave the Premier a stern talking-to, warned him that he was undermining the fairness and legality of the coming elections...
...Massachusetts Bay Colony was hardly the place to look for a poet. It was an offshoot of England's Puritan century-righteous, suspicious, humorless and stern. The most trivial event seemed like a personal message from God to be read as a rebuke or reward...
...enforced with ferocity. One "summie," who lived near Boston went home for a weekend without signing out. She was not caught, but told her proctor of her mistake anyway. The proctor sent her to the Dean of Women who, instead of thanking her for her honesty; issued a stern reprimand and told her that her offense would go on her "permanent record...
...candidates who were charged with election irregularities. The Justice Department accused one candidate of bribing poll officials and destroying at least 3,000 ballots cast for his opponent. Another D.R.P. winner was charged with buying votes. Park booted both from the party, and ordered his D.R.P. leaders to take stern action against all other members "who had disgraced the party by being involved in the election scandal...