Word: tricolors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...towering Negro named Henri Christophe tore the white center out of the French tricolor and proclaimed himself emperor of the world's first black republic. Nine years of bloody rebellion had, in fact, led to the extermination of Haiti's white population. Today Christophe's flag, a somber red and blue banner, still flies over the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince--a reminder of a painful past...
...India's only Prime Minister. Last week's anniversary was no exception. After laying a wreath on the Jumna River bank where Mahatma Gandhi was cremated, Nehru mounted the ramparts of New Delhi's ancient Red Fort, hoisted India's saffron, green and white tricolor and, beaming proprietorially at the vast multitude below, embarked on his annual address to the nation...
...recalls French soldiers fallen in colonial wars: "Our dreams are full of their death, and often at night we hear the desperate cries of the colonial peoples whom we were forced to abandon as our departing boats tore the last French flag from their gaze. The thought of our Tricolor, having led everywhere, having cast the shadow of French peace on the soil of Africa and Asia, gives us a heavy heart. But our dead, our battles, our faith forbid us the cowardice of weariness. The last battle is joined. We will...
...noon next day, the rebel leaders proclaimed their independence. As U.A.R. flags yielded to Syria's red-starred, green-white-black tricolor, they turned the government over to a civilian regime headed by a diffident, middle-roading law professor. The new Premier, Sorbonne-educated Dr. Mamoun ("Trusted One") Kuz-bari, 47, a former Minister of Justice, promised his countrymen constitutional government and "a true and democratic life." Jordan, swift to welcome any setback to Nasser, was the first country to recognize the new regime; it was followed by Turkey, which has also had strained relations with the U.A.R...
...battered tugboat churned into Ramsgate Harbor one day in 1940, the exhausted troops aboard noticed tricolor bunting in the streets. A French liaison officer, observing the welcome, could only wonder: "If this is the way the British celebrate a defeat, how do they celebrate a victory...