Word: vanguarde
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...only man in history (so far) to have the exquisite pleasure of telling a world organization of 60 nations representing 1,845,000,000 people to go climb a flagpole. General Wu was not much interested in borders, loops or perimeters. He placed his government in the vanguard of "all the oppressed nations and peoples of the East," who are struggling either against foreign rule or their own governments...
...reported, he had met a Czech and an Italian (both unidentified) near Lake Como. "I dare not go back," he said to his wife. "I should be sent to prison if I did." Without telling his parents, he and his family went to Rome. He put up his grey Vanguard at a garage, ordered a full tank of petrol, said he'd be back next day to start a long trip. But he never came back...
...AMERICAN DREAM GIRL (302 pp.) -James J. Farrell-Vanguard...
Sergeant Toomey of the University police intimated last night that precautions will be taken against any possible raids by a vanguard of Cornell students on the holiday tomorrow or later in the week. While he would not reveal what preparations were being made and admitted that "we catch them (invaders) quite often but not always" Toomey, who for many years has been the traditional "yard cop," added, "but it's easy to dress agents in plain clothes, you know...
...says he notices particularly pictures in the papers of "boys from the North who grin when they are captured and news reports that Koreans north of the 38th parallel are rejoicing at the arrival of the South Korean army." He explains that the vanguard of the South Korean invading army is composed of exited boys from the North who are now going home...