Word: offing
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Speaking to a group of Moslem municipal councilors and mayors, De Gaulle said, "I am glad to be in your great country," and went on: "Your future is in your hands. Algeria is yours, all of you without exception. Since the Moslem community is by far the most numerous, I...
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De Gaulle warned the Europeans-who are certain to vote against him-that the "new" Algeria could not be built without their help and the help of France. But De Gaulle's special appeal was to the army, which could rig next month's election against him if...
Dismayed Enemies. At week's end. De Gaulle had sailed as safely through the political storms as through the rain and hail of Algerian weather-though he had stayed out of Algeria's biggest cities. In Paris, his right-wing opponents in the Assembly were reduced to hand...
Serene Salaud. On De Gaulle's arrival in Algeria, rioters surged through Algiers and Oran, but were easily contained by helmeted police using tear-gas bombs and "defensive" grenades, which explode with a loud noise but do little damage. Some diehards built a barricade in Algiers' Rue Michelet...