Word: hilltop
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...hilltop palace 15 minutes away, Jordan's young King Hussein got the whispered word by telephone. The doughty little king, at 24, is a veteran survivor of assassination plots, attempted coups, and a four-year feud with Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser. At 13, lie was standing at his Grandfather Abdullah's side when a Palestinian fanatic shot and killed the old King before a mosque. His first and characteristic impulse last week was to rush straight to the scene. Aides urged him to wait. Even as they argued, a second bomb went off at the Premier...
...anything," says he, "we will be more selective in the future." Just a Republic of Equals on the hilltop and perhaps a cow or two in the road...
Second Roundup. In the first hours after the almost bloodless overthrow of former Premier Adnan Menderes, the task of putting the Turkish Republic back on the democratic track seemed as straightforward as taking a hilltop. The army was solidly behind Gursel and his "National Union Committee" of generals, colonels and junior officers; the people had welcomed them with joy; their enemies were in their hands. Moderation was the order of the day. Leaders of Menderes' Democratic Party were released almost as fast as they were arrested; at the start of the week only 150 were in custody. General Gursel...
Last week there were strong signs that Prince Juan Carlos was right, and the smart money was wrong. With a platoon of army generals and government ministers. Franco traveled 100 miles from Madrid to meet Pretender Don Juan at a hilltop castle in western Spain. It was their first meeting since 1954. Out of the eight-hour talk came a cautiously worded communique that all but named Don Juan as Franco's choice to take over when he is gone...
...police and Rhee's administration have resources of their own. Chang found himself unable to hire public halls or athletic fields, and bus and taxi service was mysteriously "suspended" whenever Democrats tried to hold meetings. At Suwon, Chang had to hold his rally on a high, bare hilltop while white police Jeeps filled with black-uniformed cops circled the hill and held attendance down...