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Word: wente (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...second holiday, in August, marks the defeat of the Catholic King James II at Londonderry. This day began with only the usual August 12 trouble. Orange marchers taunted the Catholics down in Bogside with pennies, miniature cannons, and cobblestones. A few Bogsiders went to the parade route and taunted the marchers with cobblestones, bottles, and jeers. The police stood by and it seemed that they would wisely let the boys have their fun and all would go home at dusk. Most of Londonderry and Bogside went about a normal day's business...

Author: By Shan VAN Vocht, | Title: Ireland: If Joyce Could See It Now | 9/22/1969 | See Source »

...happened. The Royal Ulster Constabulary charged the Bogside. They actually invaded the neighborhood, followed by a small number of Orange marchers who continued throwing the stones. This remarkable event fused the entire neighborhood. In an era of hopeful, if not actually good, faith, this was quite a shock. Barricades went up and the police were repulsed...

Author: By Shan VAN Vocht, | Title: Ireland: If Joyce Could See It Now | 9/22/1969 | See Source »

Harvard has no drama department, productions for this season. The cream of the list somehow did not make it on to the fall schedule. When I saw my friend again last week, he told me the sad story of what went wrong over the summer...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: The New Boston Theatre Season: The Good, the Bad, and the Loeb | 9/22/1969 | See Source »

...Milan stock exchange in a year barely equals that traded on the New York Stock Exchange in a week. Worse, the system has begun to bleed Italy of funds that the country needs at home. During the first six months of this year, some $1.5 billion in capital went abroad in search of more profitable ventures. The outflow gave Italy an $897 million balance-of-payments deficit after five years of healthy surpluses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Italy: Hens Nesting on Rocks | 9/19/1969 | See Source »

...Roger W. Brown, chairman of the Social Relations Department, was present when Stauder went before the Joint Committee, Brown said last Friday. "I was personally satisfied that his rights were protected, I think the decision was a just...

Author: By Samuel Z. Goldhaber, | Title: Stauder's Three-Year Teaching Post Terminated; Corporation Approves Four Other Appointments | 9/19/1969 | See Source »

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