Word: stronghold
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...last week there was print without stint: there had been a revolt against the Imam of Yemen. Tough Iraq-trained Colonel Ahmed Thalaya, mindful of army coups in nearby Egypt and Syria, persuaded a bunch of soldiers to surround the royal palace of Al Urdhi at Taiz, a fortified stronghold where the Imam lives with his harem, the royal treasure, an arsenal of modern weapons, and a 150-man guard. From the palace window came a shout: "What is it you want? Tell me what you want," cried the sexagenarian Imam who, in his fringed turbans and silken robes, bears...
Childs, a member of the Board of Directors of WHRB, caused a slight stir when he showed in his WHRB polo shirt. A newcomer to the track world, Childs entered the Marathon because he thought it was the "last stronghold of heroism left in America." He also said he liked to watch the crowds and the scenery along the route...
...north to Peking, Chiang threw out the Communists who had edged themselves into powerful positions in the Kuomintang-including the head of the Nationalist propaganda department, one Mao Tse-tung. In 1927 he turned irrevocably and ruthlessly on the Communists, both in the army and in the Red industrial stronghold of Shanghai. Says Author Hahn: "On [this] 'white massacre' that began April 12 Communists are eloquent. Chiang did not wait to be betrayed; he committed the unforgivable sin; he outguessed Stalin and struck first...
Conscription has not brought peace where it has been used. Europe, the birthplace and stronghold of conscription, has been devastated by wars since its introduction in 1789. It did not assure victory to Germany, Japan and Italy. These who have lived by the sword have perished by the sword. In adopting conscription we are using totalitarian methods to fight totalitarianism...
Gunter feels Berlin students and teachers, since their university is practically a living protest against Communism, tend to form the most democratic academic body in West Germany. Fraternities and dueling societies, long the stronghold of nationalistic, anti-semitic, and aristocratic traditions, exert almost no influence on the Berlin campus. Of the few which exist despite non-recognition by the University, a number have abandoned all objectionable traits. Anti-Americanism, according to Gunter, is also sparse, since Berliners in general have felt particular gratitude toward the U.S. ever since the 1948 airlift. The University in particular is thankful for continued...