Word: yugoslavia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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WITH those defiant words, Yugoslavia's President recently reiterated his country's determination to remain free and independent. As the East bloc's original heretic, who broke with Moscow in 1948, Tito is concerned that the Soviets, having acted to quash a much more recent heresy in Czechoslovakia, may also move against...
...military developments in Europe have given the colonels considerable leverage over the U.S. The growing Soviet naval presence in the Mediterranean convinced Pentagon planners of the need for a strengthening of NATO's eastward flank. Even more important, the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia and the continuing threat to Yugoslavia were a clear indication that Greece's armed forces should be brought up to a high state of readiness. Consequently, the U.S. State Department wrestled down its objection to the junta and agreed to renewed shipments of heavy arms. The first consignment will consist of two minesweepers...
...Coach Hank Iba, 64, the grand old man of U.S. college basketball from Oklahoma State University. Iba worked so hard at molding his players into a cohesive unit that he lost his voice. They responded by rattling off eight straight victories, including a surprisingly easy 73-58 triumph over Yugoslavia. They also got a big break when the Yugoslavs beat Russia 63-62 in the semifinals-thereby ruling out any confrontation between the U.S. and the favored Russians...
...finals, it was the U.S. against Yugoslavia again, and at halftime the Americans led by the slender margin of three points, 32-29. Then they cut loose. With young Haywood playing like a dervish, popping in baskets and blocking shots, the U.S. put the game out of reach. By a score of 65-50, the team that was thought to be the weakest the U.S. had ever fielded won America's seventh straight gold medal in Olympic basketball...
Soccer has been a lifelong preoccupation with Bogovich. He began playing in Yugoslavia at the age of six. Playing mostly defense in his early years, he started as a fullback and then moved to goalic...