Word: thwart
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...organize the rural population into "revolutionary societies--communal villages...where that population will have an organized life, developing production collectively on the basis of their traditions, and promoting the exchange of knowledge." Machel stressed the need for unity in Mozambique, for, he said, divisions within society can only thwart Mozambican development...
...efforts to thwart Imetal, Copperweld has rallied impressive support-with the help of its image maker, Ketchum, MacLeod & Grove, Pittsburgh's biggest public relations firm. Hundreds of Copperweld's 4,300 employees have ridden buses into Washington and Manhattan to picket against the takeover, urged on by United Steelworkers President I.W. Abel. Republican Senators Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania and Robert Taft of Ohio, where Copperweld operates two plants, have issued statements supporting the Pittsburgh firm. Pennsylvania Governor Milton J. Shapp sent a wire to Smith stating his belief that Imetal wants Copperweld "as a source of cash only...
George Meany is one of a very few with the courage and conviction to speak out against our Government's policy of assistance for all but the American majority. We admire and support him for his efforts to thwart rising prices−something our elected leaders should be doing...
...cancer; in Madrid. Skorzeny led the September 1943 glider-borne rescue of Benito Mussolini from the mountain-top hotel where he had been imprisoned by the pro-Allied Badoglio government. The exploit earned him the Iron Cross and der Fuhrer's gratitude, which he repaid by helping to thwart the July 1944 plot against Hitler, rallying SS units and halting a wave of executions so that Gestapo torturers could extract from conspirators the extent of the plot. As German armies pressed the Ardennes offensive during Christmas week 1944, Skorzeny directed the infiltration of hundreds of English-speaking Germans clad...
...world opinion, Mrs. Gandhi's suspension of civil liberties was technically within the bounds of India's constitution. Last week she defended her actions in a series of radio addresses and speeches. Instead of apologizing for suspending political rights, she emphasized that some authoritarianism was needed to thwart "a deep-rooted conspiracy" that would have "led to economic chaos and collapse," making India "vulnerable to fissiparous tendencies and external danger...