Word: counterattacking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...King Khalid ordered the cutting of all telephone and telex lines to the outside world until he could establish whether the gunmen were connected with any outside group. Then, as required by Islamic law, his government sought the permission of the 'ulama, the religious leadership, to make a counterattack. Reason: the Shari'a (Islamic canon law) prohibits the shedding of blood in holy places, but the rule can be suspended if the clergymen agree that there is sufficient justification. After several hours of deliberation, the 'ulama gave the King unprecedented powers to stage a battle within...
Minuteman freshman Natalie Prosser notched the game-winning goal on a counterattack breakaway run at 7:15 in the first half of the 20-minute overtime. Harvard goalie Wendy Carle, who made a season record total of 21 saves, started to come out of the box but hung back at the last second, allowing the 1978 Globe-All Scholastic MVP player to angle a ground ball into...
...although there has been much talk about Kennedy's charisma and his high standing in the polls, he is by no means invincible. On the contrary, he may prove vulnerable on a number of points ranging from his liberal economic views to his personal life. To start the counterattack, Carter's aides gathered at a meeting with some 20 Democratic officeholders who support the President. Among those who showed up for the after-dinner session, held in the Watergate apartment of Democratic Troubleshooter Robert Strauss: Congressmen Dante Fascell of Florida, Bill Alexander of Arkansas, Mario Biaggi...
...leftist cast. Nicaragua's leaders know that they need help to recover from the Somoza dynasty's 46 years of brutality and neglect. More than 45% of Nicaragua's people are illiterate. At least 500,000 persons driven from their homes by Somoza's fierce counterattack must be resettled. Food is in such short supply that long lines form wherever beans, rice and other staples are distributed. So many factories and shops were destroyed in the fight against Somoza that half of the labor force has been unable to return to work...
Washington has pledged to give "full and thorough consideration" to that request, even though Managua has lately become a mecca for Marxist mischief makers from around the world. The Sandinistas claim that they need the arms to ward off a possible counterattack by 7,000 national guardsmen that Somoza's legendary combat leader, Commandante Bravo, claims to have standing by in Honduras...