Word: bloodiest
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Flanders Fields, by Leon Wolff. An absorbing account of one of the bloodiest bungles of World...
...Cyprus, the undeclared truce that has been in force since Britain announced its plan for a tridominium came to an end in the bloodiest week yet of vengeful bombings, shootings and riots. The death toll: twelve Greek Cypriots, ten Turkish Cypriots and two British soldiers. Harassed British Governor Sir Hugh Foot persuaded the leaders of both the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities to join him in an unprecedented appeal for calm...
...start was auspicious. He arrived in Beirut only four days after 50 had died in the capital's bloodiest battle, and in the midst of tension so great that the U.S. embassy had told all 5,000 American residents of Lebanon to stay indoors for the day. But Dag Hammarskjold, imperturbable professional bird of good omen, brought the country-at least temporarily-its quietest days since the revolt began. He moved swiftly into headquarters in the Biarritz Hotel commanding a magnificent view of the Mediterranean, and began conferences with the U.N. observers who had already arrived under the Security...
Outwardly the most stable of all Arab countries, prosperous and democratic little Lebanon (pop. 1,500,000) has been rocking for months on the rim of the Arab nationalist volcano. Last week all the pent-up flames of its religious feuds and political frustrations burst into the wildest and bloodiest rioting of Lebanon's twelve years of independence...
This strike bore no resemblance to earlier ones. Gone were the days, from 1909 to 1933, when dress workers staged ten of the bloodiest strikes in New York history to organize the industry. In the late 19203 and early 1930s strikers and shop owners had fought in the streets with shivs and sawed-off pool cues. Knife-wielding Communists ripped and clubbed workers in a vain attempt to run them into a Red-led splinter group. But in 1932, Dubinsky moved up to the presidency of the parent garment union, the International Ladies' Garment Workers, forced out the Communists...