Word: strikingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Born in Brazil, Ind., Hoffa at four lost his coal prospector father, at 14 quit school to go to work full time. His self-introduction to the labor movement came at 19, when, as a 32?-an-hour warehouseman for a Detroit grocery chain, he led a successful wildcat strike of fellow employees. Within three years he had taken over Teamsters Local 299 in Detroit, was president of the Michigan Conference of Teamsters...
Meeting in emergency session, the Greek Orthodox Church's Holy Synod cabled appeals to churches throughout the world, including its "sister church of Russia," which it called on to "display its traditionally strong protection, and use every power and influence" to end Makarios' exile. A general strike paralyzed Cyprus, while British paratroopers broke up small demonstrations with tear...
...Jail. While Deputies passionately talked, word spread among the thousands of Algerians in the slums of Paris: strike on Friday. Paris woke up to find scores of little cafés closed and many local industries, including the Citroen plant, crippled for lack of workers. Police strengthened their cordon around the Chamber of Deputies, while the garde mobile (riot police) set up strongpoints all over Paris. By 1 p.m. thousands of Algerians had gathered at the Moslem mosque near the Gare d'Austerlitz. At 3 p.m. they formed themselves into a straggling parade led by a girl dressed...
Politics of Protest. The power of Pierre Poujade has grown monstrous in the short two months since he parlayed a taxpayers' strike into 2,600,000 votes and 53 Deputies sworn to do his bidding. Then, a senior politician dismissed him as "an episode." Last week, getting stronger all the time, Poujade boasted: "New elections-next month, next week, tomorrow-would give me five to six million votes, and perhaps 200 Deputies...
...land of 2,600,000 whites and 10,000,000 nonwhites. Its Upper House now packed with 41 new, Strydom-created Senators to furnish the necessary votes, Parliament bowled heavily through a final joint session to change an "entrenched clause" in the 1909 South African constitution and strike the last 45,000 Colored (mixed blood) voters from the common voting roll. Strydom's-majority...