Word: tensed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Not since the Western enclaves of Shanghai and other major cities emptied overnight after the 1949 Communist victory have the Chinese people been exposed to as many foreigners and foreign ideas. Chinese scientists, economic planners, bureaucrats and army officers are being dispatched abroad in ever greater numbers; if Peking has...
The Senate campaign between Republic Sen. Edward Brooke and Democratic Challenger Paul Tsongas has lacked much of the candor and opportunism found in the gubernatorial race. Both men have campaigned professionally, sticking with the issues and rising above personalities. But still there are sharp differences. Brooke, the sleek Washington insider...
The Shah and his wife, Empress Fara, appealed to Iranians to contribute to a relief fund. Tens of thousands of Iranians remain homeless after the earthquake, and government officials expressed concern that the severely cold nights and hot days would endanger the health of those remaining without shelter.
In Israel a group of 200 rabbis and heads of Yeshivas posted proclamations in their synagogues and schools completely opposing Israel's withdrawal from even one inch of the West Bank territory, which they regard as an organic part of biblical Eretz Israel (the Land of Israel). At the...
Day after day they marched, tens of thousands strong, defiant chanting demonstrators surging through the streets of Tehran, a capital unaccustomed to the shouts and echoes of dissent. The subject of their protest was the policies of Iran's supreme ruler, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. Some carried signs demanding his...