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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...weak is the Congolese control of its borders that last week 3,000 spear-wielding Watutsi tribesmen exiled in the Congo's eastern reaches mounted an attack on their neighboring homeland, Rwanda, out of revenge for the recent genocidal slaughter there of thousands of Watutsi by the ruling Bahutu tribe. They were driven back by the Belgian-officered Rwanda army at a cost of 300 Watutsi dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congo: The Jeunesse | 2/14/1964 | See Source »

News photos out of Saigon last week showed two Vietnamese soldiers ushering through a courtroom door a little man in white who seemed so weak that he had to be held on his feet. He was Ngo Dinh Can, 50, brother of South Viet Nam's two murdered ex-leaders, Ngo Dinh Diem and Ngo Dinh Nhu, and once the tough overlord of central Viet Nam. While Can ruled, the Viet Cong moved warily in the region, but he made lots of other enemies as well. Fleeing for his life after the anti-Diem coup, Can sought asylum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: Off to Court | 2/14/1964 | See Source »

...last number was "I want to Hold Your Hand," but by that time most of us were too weak to clap. We just sat back and loved it. Too much...

Author: By Michael Lerner, | Title: Beatles on Tube Stop Our Heart | 2/10/1964 | See Source »

...problems that have plagued the variety since the end of exams continued, but Saturday even their usual touchstone also collapsed. The weak offense which produced only three goals in the last two games was obvious...

Author: By Richard Cotton, | Title: Underdog Indians Crush Sextet, 7-1; Crimson Ivy Title Hopes Evaporate | 2/10/1964 | See Source »

Even if all three lose, Harvard can recoup by picking up points where Penn is weak. That means especially at 147 (where Brian Conley tackles the Quakers' Tom McMahon), 157 (where Junior Jack Mamana faces winless Burt O'Donnell), 167 (where Captain Fred Pereira can beat just about anybody), and 177 (where sophomore Lamar Fertig takes on Penn's Jerry Gates...

Author: By Donald E. Graham, | Title: Ted Lansky, Winner of 72 Straight, To Lead Quaker Wrestlers Today | 2/8/1964 | See Source »

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