Word: walls
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Leftists often act as if they had no memory and had read no history; they seem unaware of the Communist-organized rebellions in Greece and Malaya, the invasion of South Korea, the repression of the Hungarian uprising, the Berlin Wall. While they are theoretically opposed to any dictatorship they endlessly make allowances for Communist regimes; they feel outraged by U.S. leaders while either apologizing for or extolling Castro and Mao, and of course they want instant, unilateral U.S. withdrawal from Viet Nam, heedless of the consequences. "We refuse to be anti-Communist," declared Lynd and Hayden in a statement written...
...charge that the West Germans "Consciously lured away" many East Germans before the wall was built is, in many ways, the most insidious one. First of all, it is simply not true. East Germans fled their regime because they were unwilling to tolerate political oppression, be forced into agricultural collectives, live under relatively poor economic conditions, and, a very important reason indeed, be separated from their families and friends in West Germany...
...provide the largest possible income." If his investments go the least bit sour, the pinch may be felt from Wigglesworth to Mallinckrodt. There's a hot line on George Bennett's desk--it goes directly to Cambridge. But some critics, with memories of the Middle South controversy, think a wall of dollars has sprung up somewhere in between
...danger, that is one English word Mario has never been able to understand. In Phoenix, while he was practicing for last week's U.S.A.C.'s Jimmy Bryan 150-mile race, his car went out of control and hit the wall at 130 m.p.h.; Andretti walked away from the wreck with minor bruises. Next day he cracked up again; this time he did not even have a bruise to show for it. "Oh. I've turned over a couple of times, and I've been against the wall," he says. "But I've never even broken...
...fast as the new core units were rested in place, plumbers and electricians began connecting them up to the existing water mains and electrical inlets. Meanwhile, carpenters installed new living-room and bedroom wall panels and ceilings, adjustable aluminum window frames and plastic-coated flooring. As a final touch, pest-control men went through the building to exterminate any left-over rodents and roaches, while roofers closed up the hole through which the core units had been lowered. Seven minutes before the 48-hour target deadline was reached, the whistle blew and the job was done...