Word: stirring
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Cuba's ruler for the past 20 years, Fidel Castro obviously wasn't born yesterday. He has triumphed over at tempted invasions, coups and assassinations. He has felt confident enough to send troops to Africa to stir up trouble. Yet he has now been taken, in a huge swindle brought off by a group of men accused of selling Cuba a cargo of nonexistent coffee. The ruse, involving transactions from Canada to the Caribbean, ultimately collapsed, but not before Cuba was relieved of about $8.7 million-perhaps the worst sting the Cuban dictator has ever suffered...
Coverage of the trip created relatively little stir back in the People's Republic. The telecasts reached only a comparatively small portion of the population (700,000 TV sets for 1 billion people), yet they did have some impact, particularly in Peking. "Walking down the street," noted an American diplomat serving there, "I heard a number of people saying 'Jimmiiee Cahter,' which is their way of pronouncing the President's name...
...national unemployment rate is one of only two economic statistics-along with the consumer price index-that regularly stir hot political debate. Last week the Government reported that in January joblessness dropped slightly, to 5.8% of the labor force, continuing a period of little change. As the economy slows later this year, however, the rate is sure to rise, and so will questioning about whether the nation is paying too high a price to curb inflation...
Police also claim the black community is using the case to stir up trouble and rekindle long-dead issue involving the police and the county's black residents...
...recruits had shared their excitement with friends and Mossadeq learned of the plans. When the Commander of the Imperial Guard arrived to deliver the decree to the prime minister he was arrested. The army remained loyal to Mossadeq and significantly the mobs hired by the CIA were unable to stir up popular enthusiasm for the Shah, who fled to Rome. The CIA was not invincible. The successful coup only came about because Roosevelt was able to learn lessons from his mistakes and because dissatisfaction grew among Mossadeq's supporters...