Word: crossroads
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...sheltered middle-class persons as well. They were attracted, he said, "by the very vigor of the project." They felt "a great intellectual concern-an almost Christian concern-for the underprivileged, for economic crises, for the problem of war. They say: 'What shall I do?' At that crossroad the evil thing, Communism, lies in wait with a simple answer...
...Cominform Communists in Trieste had split the Communist Party there in half and, with Moscow's blessing, launched a purge, of pro-Tito Slavs. Last week Communist and non-Communist Italians in Trieste went on an anti-Slav rampage, removing Slav names from streets, trams, crossroad signs...
Through a Sicilian mountain valley 400 workers and peasants were making their way to a May Day celebration. They carried red flags and sang Communist songs. At a crossroad shots rang out. According to the most coherent accounts, they were fired from machine guns by men on horseback. Ten peasants (including one woman) were killed, more than 30 injured. Next day, in the Italian Constituent Assembly, the battle was resumed...
...with no initial down payment), and three of the Oklahoma mines. But WAA insisted on additional operating capital of $1,000,000, to be raised within ten days. So Carpenter & friends organized a financial posse, struck out for the red clay hills around Daingerfield. At crossroad gatherings and town rallies, they sold thousands of shares of stock, got some $100,000 from Longview (pop. 13,758) alone...
...address of our office-residence is #3 Shih Tze-kai (Crossroad). It is a six-room greybrick bungalow, with an attic, garage and shanty-like servants' quarters. It has bamboo-fenced grounds, which were given over to neighborhood pigs, fowl and scabby babies. It had been occupied by the Japanese for eight years, and neglected for eight years. Consequently, it was in an absolutely revolting state of disrepair: no furniture, tat ami (raised floors) everywhere, brokendown plumbing and lighting, filth, filth and more filth...