Word: wave
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...harassments. As military operations go, the invasion was something of a botch. It had been telegraphed in advance, and had thereby robbed the Chinese army of the element of surprise. The Vietnamese were able to keep their regular army units out of action as the Chinese launched "human wave" charges in their assault across the border and early in the righting even employed horseback troops with tootling buglers. Last week there were Washington reports that Viet Nam was finally being forced to recall some of its units from Cambodia. That suggested a possible Chinese success in drawing support away from...
...asking too much of Saudi Arabia, which is not strong enough to be the bulwark of U.S. interests in the Middle East. The Saudis are being criticized by other Arab states for cooperating too closely with the U.S., and the result in Saudi Arabia, Akins reported, "is a growing wave of anti-Americanism that has never happened before...
...North House Committee set off a wave of protest this week against the Coalition for a Democratic University (CDU) charging that the CDU controls the Student Assembly and recommending that North House assembly delegates temporarily boycott the group...
Amin's problems have been further complicated by a wave of sabotage. On Feb. 3, a fuel depot and two electrical substations were blown up in Kampala, knocking out power and water supplies in the area for three days. The Save Uganda Movement, one of several guerrilla groups operating inside the country, claimed responsibility for the attack. The State Research Bureau, Amin's notorious secret police agency, has arrested hundreds of "suspects," but has failed to crush the guerrillas. With pride, the leader of one anti-Amin group declared in Nairobi: "Our office in Kampala was searched...
...Hollywood too, calamity pays. From Earthquake to The Towering Inferno and The Last Wave disaster flicks have been the most profitable genre of the 1970s. Nor is the deluge tapering off. Coming attractions include: Meteor and The Day the World Ended (by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tidal waves...