Word: terrorized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...East Germany, terror began to take a grim new form. Thousands of citizens were being hauled before Schnellverfahren (literally, rapid proceedings, i.e., kangaroo courts) for sentencing to the dozens of new "work rehabilitation camps" springing up across the land. To qualify, the victims needed only to be "work shy" or reluctant to volunteer for the army, or merely generally "injurious to the public welfare." Two workers at a carbide plant in Buna were beaten for failing to enlist for military service, then were hauled before a judge, who noted happily that "they got the fist of the workers' class...
...markets closed), and there was growing danger of disease. Few people ventured out of doors, and many slept in corridors and bathrooms for fear of being injured by stray bullets or flying glass. Said an English businessman who escaped to the Central African Federation: "Elisabethville is a city of terror and hate-hate by the entire population, black and white, for the United Nations troops...
...wholly justifiable, can scarcely be expected to help resolve any of the outstanding issues of the cold war. On the contrary, it adds to the nuclear momentum that impels us to war. In the past, balances of power have collapsed through accident or design. Alternatives to the balance of terror should now be considered in order...
...also proved that, for all their lofty talk, the neutrals are chiefly committed to the profitable middle way-to preserving their "neutrality," at whatever cost of "principle," to keep the money flowing in from both camps. When Russia tramps down hard on its end of the balance of terror, the neutrals, like so many rings on a rod, obligingly slide down...
...hundred a month. He lived under four aliases, grew a large mustache, boldly frequented the Cafe Otomatic, a favorite hangout of European rightists. The F.L.N. grip on Algiers was not broken until the summer of 1957. when General Jacques Massu and his French paratroops began to match terror with terror. Ben Khedda escaped a Massu dragnet by ducking down a manhole and dodging his way through the city's sewers. Shared Risks. Ben Khedda believed that the F.L.N. government should stay inside Algeria, sharing the same risks as the F.L.N. fighting men. But his terrorist campaign had failed...