Word: wrecking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Britain's conditions for independence than was Harold Wilson able to compromise them. The terms are the minimum Wilson feels necessary not only on moral grounds but to prevent a Labor Party revolt that could topple his government-not to mention a walkout of African nations that could wreck the Commonwealth. He insists that Rhodesia's whites guarantee "unimpeded progress" toward majority rule by the blacks, who outnumber them 18 to 1, and that approval of independence be demonstrated by the vote of a majority of Rhodesians, both white and black...
Turned down flatly by Britain, condemned by an almost unanimous resolution (107 to 2) in the U.N., threatened with sanctions that could wreck Rhodesia's prosperity, Prime Minister Ian Smith flew home from London last week apparently more determined than ever to issue the "unilateral declaration of independence" that would turn the fury of the world upon his racist regime...
...manage was one single all through the Series. Everybody knows though, that Koufax can't hit or run and that his fielding is so erratic his own manager says, "I worry every time he lobs the ball to first base." What's more, he is a physical wreck: a circulatory ailment nearly ended his career in 1962, and he now has "traumatic arthritis" in his pitching arm. But over five short seasons, Koufax has reached a pinnacle attained by no other pitcher. He has won 102 games and lost only 38, pitched a record four no-hitters (including...
...sickening seconds before the train ground to a stop, a second coach jumped the track, then a third. For a moment, beneath the dust raised by the wreck, an eerie silence reigned, punctuated only by the screams of the wounded trapped in the shattered cars. Along the track lay bodies, some in piles, some flung as far as 350 feet away. In all, 86 were killed, some 200 seriously injured...
...loss to an also-ran in the League would almost wreck Harvard's chances to win the Ivy title, and it is highly likely that Columbia could spring an upset this afternoon. After a few anxious moments, the Crimson should...