Word: truce
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...name derives from the treaties of "perpetual truce" ending "hostile acts at sea" (i.e., piracy, slave trading) that the British signed with their rulers in the 19th century...
...looking for signs of rebel movements. He bitterly denounced "predatory oppositionists" and "criminal elements, including Communist collaborators," who "seek through terrorism and disorder to damage their nation's economy as well as its prestige to satisfy their own personal anti-patriotic ambitions." He rejected any thought of a truce...
...making his points plain. The "terrorists" had suffered "heavy losses," which had "obviously" affected their morale, he told airport reporters. Said Harding dourly: "Take note of the fact the word used is suspend, not cease, operations. I think you should also want to have regard, when you consider any truce offer, to the status and reputation of the man who made...
...which is officially friendly to Batista, it was an embarrassing affair. U.S. officials, with full cooperation from the Cuban army and police, planned to try to send an appeal from the boys' parents into the rebel camp. If that fails, U.S. emissaries may go in under a truce flag and try to talk the young volunteers into coming...
...vanity poured to the floor. "Isn't this what would happen when I come to a Perle Mesta party?" Gwen remarked, scooping up the debris. But then Perle, good sport that she is, turned back, shook hands with Gwen, who swept away to celebrate the short-lived truce on the dance floor...