Word: bombardment
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...clear from the outset that the problems facing black children in the U.S. are unique-and severe. As early as age three, say the authors, black children become aware of their color and race; they observe the differences between blacks and whites on television and on the street and bombard their parents with questions like "What is black?" and "Am I black?" Sometimes a four-year-old will simply announce that he is white: "Children often want to be like people they want to be friendly with...
...Vietnamese were only able to put two Ranger companies totaling about 200 men into the battle. After two days of close fighting between outnumbered government troops and Communist tanks and sappers, Phuoc Binh was in North Vietnamese hands. By the time Saigon's air force belatedly started to bombard the area, destroying what remained of the small lumbering town, the Communist attackers had already withdrawn into their well dug-in and camouflaged shelters in the surrounding forests. Some 1,500 civilians and several hundred soldiers on both sides are believed to have died in the battle...
With Brown taking the weekend off to bombard non-league competition, Harvard moves into a tie with the Bruins for first place in the League with 3-0 Ivy records. The Crimson, 4-1-1 overall, takes on Williams today...
Ideological Purity. Sinologists believe that Mao sympathizes with at least some of the radicals' arguments-after all, it was Mao who plunged China into the reckless adventure of the Cultural Revolution with the call "Bombard the party headquarters!" But Mao also clearly approved such departures from ideological purity as Chou's openness toward Japan and the West. Indeed, Sino-American relations, though cautious on cultural exchanges, have blossomed in the area of trade; the U.S. is now China's second-largest trading partner, after Japan. (By contrast, the Soviet Union inspires only fear in China -enough...
Davies calmly moved the 38 nonsecurity members of his staff away from the large blue-shuttered windows to the hallway of the second floor, mainly out of fear that one of the cars might explode and bombard them with debris. Eleven of the embassy's 14 Marines tried to disperse the crowd with tear gas, and everyone inside was issued a gas mask. The tear gas had little effect. Armed National Guard troops finally arrived to back up the police, and they began firing into the air to quiet the crowd, but to no avail...