Word: seesawing
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...civil war. An estimated 5,000 Katangese. guerrillas of the Congolese National Liberation Front (F.L.N.C.), which has been seeking autonomy for Shaba since Zaïre gained its independence from Belgium in 1960, launched a deadly strike on the region from their bases in Marxist-run Angola. In a seesaw battle with the forces of President Mobutu Sese Seko, the Katangese rebels-who variously refer to themselves as les tigres (French for tigers) or camaradas (Portuguese for comrades)-captured the provincial capital of Kolwezi (pop. 100,000). The rebels carried out coldblooded executions, slaughtering at least 100 whites...
...Brigate Rosse had kept Italy on a cruel seesaw of suspense since Moro's abduction on March 16. They had spurned pleas for mercy from the Vatican, from the Pope himself ("I beg you on my knees") and from the United Nations as they dangled their victim like a political puppet. The end came when they executed Moro with eleven shots fired from a Czech-made Skorpion 7.65-mm pistol and a still unidentified 9.-cal. handgun. Eight shots were centered around his heart. The hatchback Renault in which the body had been placed was left on a narrow...
...cruel seesaw of suspense, the vigil for Moro goes...
...game was a rough seesaw affair, with Harvard scoring in spurts and UNH scrambling back. It was 7-4, Harvard, at the half...
...first doubles, Terry Clarke and Leslie Miller recovered from a second set lapse to capture their seesaw battle, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1. Miller later admitted they only won because "Coach Felske said he'd treat us to ice cream...