Word: younger
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nehru's announcement capped one of the epic escape stories of history. On the night of March 17, under cover of darkness, Tibet's Living Buddha slipped out of the Norbulingka, his summer palace outside Lhasa, and together with his mother, two sisters and a younger brother, headed south across the most forbidding mountain country in the world to join the Khamba tribesmen who had launched Tibet's revolt against Red Chinese tyranny. For 15 days the Dalai Lama and his tiny retinue traveled by foot and by mule-back, first across the Kyi Chu River...
...riddled body of King Feisal slumped down before Baghdad's royal palace, Kassem had the reputation of being the King's most loyal soldier. But in fact he had been quietly nursing plans of revolution for 24 years, had skillfully used his official position to recruit younger officers-notably, mercurial Abdul Salam Aref, who became his closest "brother in revolt" and took to proclaiming, "I am Kassem's son." In 1956, at a meeting in his bachelor house on the outskirts of Baghdad, Kassem merged his network with another military conspiracy, became supreme leader of Iraq...
...power elements that Stroessner had to size up in making his decision were the various factions of his Colorado Party and his army. The Colorados were divided in two. The minority Presidencialistas urged continuing dictatorship; the majority Civilistas, who include nearly all Congressmen and most of the younger wing of the party, proposed liberalizing...
...Varsity will go into the game with essentially the same lineup that beat Stevens Institute and Hofstra on the spring trip. Dave Bohn--Skip Bohn's younger brother--Nick Lamont, Andy Leaf, and Captain Jerry Pyle will alteruate at the three attack positions...
...usual the Braves have Warren Spahn, Lew Burdette, Bob Rush, Bob Buhl, and a host of other younger hurlers. It is the best staff in the league, but is Spahn the stopper begins to show the long awaited signs of age, it could slow down considerably. Del Crandall and Stan Lopata make up a strong catching corps. But Schoendienst was the heart of this team; there is no one to take his place...