Word: uproars
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Rome, there is no intention to back down. The cause for canonization was opened in 1961, and the investigation has now been completed. Soon a consistory of about 25 prelates will meet in Rome to give their final approval. The Vatican is confident that the uproar in Britain will fade away before the tribunal reaches its verdict. After all, other Catholic martyrs of the same period-notably Sir Thomas More -were proclaimed saints without causing a ripple...
...even Italian fishermen. From a distance, the world watched with emotions ranging from amusement to outrage. In a twist on old-fashioned gunboat diplomacy, Israel had retrieved $10 million worth of naval vessels, circumventing France's embargo on arms sales to the Jewish state and producing a political uproar that had several capitals buzzing...
...uproar began when Paris discovered that the gunboats and their Israeli crews had taken French leave of their fitting-out berths in Cherbourg. The 240-ton, 148-ft. boats had been ordered by the Israelis before Charles de Gaulle, seeking to enhance French influence among the Arab states, tightened his arms embargo on Israel in January 1969. Once the gunboats were completed, the French allowed Israeli sailors to take them out of port, but only on familiarization runs and with limited fuel...
...mostly girls) sit in the back of the dreary supermarket on Second Avenue, singing instead of chattering like most teenagers, while Bernice Cole strolls around like a matronly cheerleader. She shouts and sings at them, molding a phrase, breaking up at a mistake, her big voice brassing through the uproar. Mostly, though, she stays out of their...