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Crossing the Straits of Gibraltar, the armada attacked and seized the North African city of Ceuta.
Expectations that the ANC would oversee land reform--returning land seized during apartheid's forced migrations--and wealth redistribution have not been met.
In the 1956 presidential race, Democrats seized on what columnist Max Lerner called "The Triple Issue": President Eisenhower's frail physical health (he'd had a heart attack in September 1955), nukes (the Soviet Union built a hydrogen bomb in November 1955), and, in Lerner's phrase, "the character of Richard Nixon" (liberals viewed Nixon, then vice president, as bellicose and ruthless).
The Italian press was seized with euro excitement.
They also seized the radar tape, examined it, and said it shows no missile.