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...Republic Square, Nasser's new military might thundered and rumbled past the admiring eyes of dignitaries from other Arab countries. It was a far cry, at least in appearance, from the ill-equipped army the Israelis had routed only eight years before. There were 100 Russian armored troop carriers, 32 Czech antitank guns, 48 Czech antiaircraft guns, 14 Czech heavy caliber guns, 73 Russian medium tanks, French light tanks and howitzers, British 25-pounders and Centurion tanks. Bringing up the rear were 28 monstrous Stalin tanks with huge guns poking out of long, beetle-like turrets. Overhead, Russian MIGs...
...weeks France's Communists have been under orders to agitate against the war in Algeria, demonstrating against troop-train departures, plastering up posters, organizing protest meetings-all with a fine disregard of the fact that only three months ago the party's Deputies voted solidly to give the government a free hand in Algeria. Now Premier Guy Mollet had confronted them-and all French parties-with a demand for a "package" vote of confidence on his whole policy, including both Algeria and his domestic program...
Escorted to the gates of the Yard by a troop of scarlet-coated mounted lancers, Massachusetts Governor Christian A. Herter '15 will begin Harvard's 305th Commencement with traditions dating back...
Hide & Seek. It was an uphill task. The 20,000 partisans dispersed and hid themselves in their huge country (four times larger than France itself). They operated with precision. Secret cells throughout the country kept them informed of French troop dispositions. They usually struck in groups of 10 or 20 partisans who did the shooting, backed up by some 50 auxiliaries who burned crops and buildings, destroyed livestock and equipment. Sometimes, when French troops made open attacks dangerous, rebels doused cats and dogs with gasoline, drove them flaming into barns or haystacks...
...future self-determination, and at the same time see that the Greeks (who would undoubtedly win) give protective guarantees to the island's 20% Turk minority. Britain's needs in Cyprus would be amply served by a long-term lease guaranteeing free use of the sizable air, troop and naval base they are now building on the Episkopi Bay; NATO could underwrite a Greek guarantee so that Britain need not fear that one concession would lead to another, as in Egypt when the British were driven from the Suez Canal Zone...