Word: wente
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Unity for Now. Since the new junta consists of non-Baathist rightists and centrists as well as Al-Bakr and his friends, an inner power struggle may develop. Showing unity for the moment at least, the new rulers went through the standard motions of damning the previous regime and delivering vague promises of "national unity" and coming democracy. Aref and his backers, they said with customary hyperbole, were "opportunists, thieves, ignorant, illiterate Zionist spies...
Subtle Suggestion. The Commandos are strictly forbidden to engage in any combat operations, and so far none has been killed. But there have been some unnerving moments, When he first went to live in a village, Technical Sergeant Kermit H. Moffett, 30, was greeted by the sight of a schoolteacher hanging dead in a tree, a victim of Communist terrorism. But Moffett stayed on, providing medical help and living just as the Thais did. Communist propaganda teams twice came to the village to hold meetings, but both times they left Moffett alone. He had become too popular with the villagers...
Inside the truce hut, the game continues across the green felt table that is located precisely athwart the cease-fire line. A battle of flagpoles once went on for weeks as each side tried to have its flag stand higher in the meeting room. They finally agreed that only miniature flagpoles, both of precisely equal size, would be placed on the table, but North Korea has put a spike point atop its tiny table pole to gain a minute one-inch height advantage. Language across the table, which is predictably tough, reached a peak last year when the senior member...
...noon of Sunday, the 6th of July, the fiesta exploded .,. . It kept up day and night for seven days. The dancing kept up, the drinking kept up, the noise went on." Thus, in 1926 in The Sun Also Rises, did a young Ernest Hemingway describe the Feria de San Fermin, the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. This month his widow Mary made a sentimental journey to Pamplona to witness the unveiling of a monument to Papa, erected by the citizens in gratitude for his interest in their fiesta. Standing on the newly named Paseo de Hemingway, Mary thanked...
...talk shows aside, commentary is increasingly moving into straight news programs. ABC, in particular, recently revamped its news format to make room for more discussion and debate, interspersing its regular coverage with the broadcast equivalent of columns. Publisher Bill Moyers, former White House aide, recently went on camera to predict that the next President will be faced with "a national political nervous breakdown." Critic Marya Mannes razzed fashion models who have "no visible sexual equipment." Other commentaries have ranged from the trivial to the trenchant. Samples...