Word: zoning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...open, Russian-built trucks rattled south through Korea's demilitarized zone to "Indian Village," collecting point for the Korean war P.W.s who do not want to go home. Twenty-four voices rose in unison from the trucks, and the refrain of the Communist Internationale echoed down the narrow valley: "Arise, ye prisoners of starvation, arise, ye wretched of the earth." Just as the trucks rolled into the barbed-wire compound, they shouted the final line: "The International Soviet will free the human race." Then they raised clenched fists in the Communist salute...
...income taxes, previously a joke, by 50% in the higher brackets-and forbade the government to do business with anyone who could not produce a tax receipt. Now he has tackled the delicate job of rewriting Panama's relationship to the U.S., whose flag flies over the Canal Zone...
...echelons you must have the tenacious will to gather intelligence. In this manner you will gain the initiative-by patrols and frequent ambushes, first in your own zone, and later advancing progressively according to the rhythm and form dictated by the situation. This way you keep the enemy from moving freely and yourself from rotting in your quarters...
...Naguib government was not only out to face down its opponents, but also to prepare Egypt for a new agreement with the British over the future of the Suez Canal zone. Propaganda Chief Salah Salem told the crowd that the old Wafdist regime had been making ready to concede much more to Britain than the present government; this was a clear indication that the Revolutionary Council was about ready to come to terms on a good, sound Suez deal. Grimacing from behind his dark glasses, Salem mimicked old Mustafa Nahas, and the crowd, in stitches, shouted the Arabic equivalent...
...agreement itself rested last week in the lap of Winston Churchill's cabinet; all but one of the major issues were settled. The main terms for ending the 75-year-old dispute: 1) Britain will evacuate the canal zone but leave behind 4,000 technicians to train Egyptian replacements; 2) the base will be commanded by an Egyptian, with a Briton as chief of staff; 3) Britain will be allowed to return to the base in event of an attack on any Arab nation (not including Turkey). The single remaining point of argument: Should the British technicians stay...