Word: twelfth
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bands were primed for this Twelfth, especially the local boys from Belfast. They had names like "Pride of the Shankill," "The Ligoniel True Blues," "Sons of Ulster," and "Young Conquerors." The drummers would weave in and around each other, dipping from side to side; they were the toughest-looking too, with rolled-up sleeves invariably revealing an Ulster tatoo...
...Twelfth parade has always been a sensitive flashpoint, especially in the sections of town where it passes by the Catholic community--like Unity Flat, at the entrance to the Protestant stronghold of Shankhill road. This year these sections were blocked off with large canvas screens. There were some stone-throwing incidents--mostly at the edges of all-Catholic or mixed neighborhoods. And another man was killed, a Protestant, but it seemed to be because of an internecine squabble...
...union with the United Kingdom) since Enoch Powell, the Official Unionist M.P. from South Down said the week before that a proper Loyalist should be "loyal to the Crown in Parliament: the Parliament of the United Kingdom." Every Unionist faction had denounced Powell's commitment to Parliament by the Twelfth, supporting instead the "constitutional Protestant majority," for them the Crown...
...first full day in Belfast, I still hadn't talked to any Catholics. But then not many Catholics are visible on the Twelfth...
...political gathering held on the home turf of Uganda's dictatorial President Idi Amin Dada was bound to be a bit bizarre. The twelfth annual summit of the Organization of African Unity in Kampala last week easily lived up-or down-to expectations. "I will not embarrass you because of the confidence you have shown in me," "Big Daddy" promised as he became OAU chairman for the coming year. Nonetheless President Amin-who had generously promoted himself to the rank of field marshal for the occasion-proceeded to put on a divertissement that could not fail to embarrass delegates...