Word: storming
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...noon shops began to close, and banks shut their doors to all except old customers. Early in the evening, a group of taxi drivers added to the confusion. Protesting the fact that they are prohibited from serving Montreal's airport, they led a crowd of several hundred to storm the garage of the Murray Hill Limousine Service Ltd., which has the lucrative franchise. Buses were overturned and set ablaze. From nearby rooftops, snipers' shots rang out. A handful of frightened Quebec provincial police, called in to help maintain order, stood by helplessly. One was shot in the back...
...historian Prescott tells it, Pizarro drew his sword and "traced a line with it on the sand from East to West. Then, turning towards the South, 'Friends and comrades!' he said, 'on that side are toil, hunger, nakedness, the drenching storm, desertion, and death; on this side ease and pleasure. There lies Peru with its riches; here, Panama and its poverty. Choose, each man, what best becomes a brave Castilian. For my part, I go to the South.'" It was an epic moment, one of the many, in fact, that The Royal Hunt...
...speech to the protesters, Palme claimed that democracy in Viet Nam was "represented in a considerably higher degree by the National Liberation Front than by the U.S. and its allied juntas." Swedes in general oppose the war, but the manner of Palme's gesture blew up a storm. Conservative Swedes were furious (red), and the American ambassador was summoned home for "consultations." No successor has yet been named. Later, Palme adopted a low silhouette; realizing that Erlander was contemplating quitting and that the top job was within reach, he cut back on his TV exposure, tidied up his once...
What distinguishes The Forsyte Saga from Peyton Place and the Secret Storm is its distinguished origins and its careful preparation. The BBC bought rights to the saga from MGM, then Producer Donald Wilson and four writers spent more than a year turning out an adaptation that is remarkably faithful to Galsworthy. Presented on Sunday evenings at 7:25, the series became such a craze in Britain last year that many clergymen rescheduled evensong services in order to avoid losing their congregations. An estimated 17 million viewers tuned in each week. Hostesses had to schedule dinner parties around the series. Sunday...
County, Fla., and fears of flooding in Clinton Township, Mich., because not enough storm sewers are being built. State and local governments spend roughly $26 billion a year to build schools, hospitals, roads, sewers, airports and the like, and last year they raised almost $11 billion of the sum by selling bonds. So far this year their bond sales are running 26% below that pace...