Word: wronged
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Oriente Province 125 youths attempted to storm the Moncada army post, manned by over 1,000 soldiers. Their leader, Fidel Castro, was counting upon the elements of surprise and timing to overwhelm the garrison, and later claimed that if a group of 45 men had not made a wrong turn on the outskirts of Moncada he would have succeeded...
Beyond Survival, by Max Ways. A challenging study of what is wrong with U.S. foreign policy, notably, the lack of a clear American public philosophy...
...land, Aalto can do no wrong, is held in awe as a kind of national monument. When Saynatsalo allowed the electric-light company to erect a hideous neon advertising sign that marred the view, Aalto led a night boat-raiding party, stoned the offending sign to smithereens. The electric company started to sue for damages, then thought better...
...mighty Iowa Hawkeyes spotted California an early touchdown, then came back to win 42-12. Beefy Ohio State had to struggle mightily to edge upstart Duke, 14-13. Once-great Michigan State, still reeling from last season's debacle (three wins, five defeats), got off on the wrong foot by losing 9-7 to Texas A. & M. Outweighed 20 Ibs. a man, stubborn Tennessee upset Auburn, 3-0, to snap major college football's longest unbeaten string at 24 games...
...This would be wrong," he said. "The peoples would never understand and would never support those who took it into their heads to act in this way. We have always been against predatory wars. Marxists have always recognized only liberating, just wars...