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On July 19 1979, as Sandinista forces entered the capital, a U. S. plane disguised with Red Cross markings had evacuated remaining members of the National Guard to Miami.
On the same day all the Worker's Guards united to form the Red Guard of Finland and a red lantern, a symbolic indicator of the coup d ' état, was lit in the tower of the Helsinki Workers Hall.
The Helsinki Guard, the strongest Red unit with its crucial strategic position in the capital of Finland had already become active on 23 – 25 January, aiming to secure a major power base for the Reds.
In the fierce battles against German troops on 28 – 29 April 1918 at Hauho and Tuulos, Syrjäntaka, female Red Guard platoons played a marked role.
Many Red Guard units collapsed under the weight of the assault and several detachments retreated in panic, while some units defended their posts relentlessly, and were able to slow the advance of the White Guards, who were unaccustomed to offensive warfare.
President Calvin Coolidge sent Hoover to mobilize state and local authorities, militia, army engineers, the Coast Guard, and the American Red Cross.
A civil war between the Finnish Red Guards and the White Guard ensued a few months later, with the " Whites " gaining the upper hand during the springtime of 1918.
* 1918 – Finnish Civil War: The first serious battles take place between the Red Guards and the White Guard.
He participated in the October Revolution, and later joined a Red Guard unit in Omsk.
After the October Revolution, he joined a Red Guard unit in Omsk.
Trotsky founded the Red Army with an initial Red Guard organization, and a core soldiery of Red Guard militiamen and Chekist secret policemen ; conscription began in June 1918, and opposition to it was violently suppressed.
In the wake of the October Revolution, the old Russian Imperial Army had been demobilized ; the volunteer-based Red Guard was the Bolsheviks ' main military force, augmented by an armed military component of the Cheka, the Bolshevik state security apparatus.
In January, after significant reverses in combat, War Commissar Leon Trotsky headed the reorganization of the Red Guard into a Workers ' and Peasants ' Red Army, in order to create a more professional fighting force.
While resistance to the Red Guard began on the very next day after the Bolshevik uprising, the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and the political ban became a catalyst for the formation of anti-Bolshevik groups both inside and outside Russia, pushing them into action against the new regime.
This detachment ( which became today's Red Guard of Senegal ) was the cadre around which the " Colonial Gendarmerie " was formed.
China's youth responded to Mao's appeal by forming Red Guard groups around the country.
On July 28, Red Guard representatives wrote to Mao, stating that mass purges and all such related social and political phenomena were justified and correct.
On August 22, 1966, Mao issued a notice to stop " all police intervention in Red Guard tactics and actions.

Red and crushes
** The Red Army crushes the Kronstadt rebellion, and a number of sailors flee to Finland.

Red and Buddha
The outer walls of the Sanctuary of the Reclining Buddha, also known as Red Chapel, are decorated with mosaics.
Shamarpa (; literally, " Person ( i. e. Holder ) of the Red Crown "), also known as Shamar Rinpoche or more formally Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche is a lineage holder of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism and the mind manifestation of Amitabha Buddha, He is traditionally associated with Yangpachen monastery near Lhasa.
* Line-up: A Brand, Arsenal, Bal des Boiteux, The Ballroomquartet, Belle Perez, Xander de Buisonjé, Discobar Galaxie, Durango, El Tattoo Del Tigre, Eskobar, The Fundamentals, Funeral Dress, Goose ( band ), Gruppo Sportivo, Hooverphonic, Hermanos Inglesos, Junkie XL, Kane, Flip Kowlier, de Kreuners, Leki, The Magical Flying Thunderbirds, Mint, Mintzkov Luna, Monza, Nailpin, Natalia, Novastar, Oversized, Bart Peeters, Plastyc Buddha, Praga Khan, The Rasmus, The Real Ones, Axelle Red, Lou Reed, Gabriel Ríos, Roland & Robyn, Roxanne, Savanastation, Silverene, Sioen, Spring, Superdiesel, Sweet Coffee, Thou, Triggerfinger, Les Truttes, Venus In Flames, Wazzda, X! nk, Z, Zornik
The Red Mountain range in Bamiyan that once housed two giant statues of the Buddha, on cliff faces, besides smaller structures of archaeological significance.
Yo Majesty ( USA ), Bang Gang DJ's, Mammal, Children Collide, DJ Vadim & Yarah Bravo ( USA ), Downsyde, The Paper Scissors, Yves Klein Blue, Carus and The True Believers, Good Buddha, The Galvatrons, The Red Sun Band, Sugar Army, Beni, Kato and Oohee, Bonjah, The Scientists of Modern Music, Funkoars, Sunshine Brothers, Roger That, Hercules In NY, The Jezabels, Twelve Foot Ninja!
Top-draw local acts like Thelonious Monster, The Muffs, the Red Aunts, The Lazy Cowgirls, Beck, Trash Can School, Oiler, Kryptonite Nixon, Butt Trumpet, Kill Buddha, the Sacred Hearts, the Creamers, The Humpers, and many others found enthusiastic crowds as well.
His role gradually transferred from an orphaned boy with bitter experiences ( Nextworld manga ), to a passionate leader or agent of ruthless means who still acts upon some causes and values ( Phoenix ), a spoiled ritch man's son ( in most works Duke Red is his father ) with villainous tendencies, to a royal figure ( in Buddha and Princess Knight ).
These remarkable wuxia films were mostly based on kung fu novels, e. g. Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery Pt 1 & Pt 2 ( 火燒紅蓮寺 ) in 1950, The Golden Hairpin Pt 1 & Pt 3 ( 碧血金釵 ) in 1963, Buddha ’ s Palm Pt 1 to Pt 4 ( 如來神掌 ) in 1964 and The Burning of Pingyang City ( 火燒平陽城 ) in 1965.
At the turn of the 1970s he worked with Peter Maxwell Davies and brought the Red Buddha Theatre company from Japan to Europe, acting as their director, producer and composer, writing and performing in the multi-media event " The Man From The East ", with Morris Pert's Come To The Edge providing the musical backing.
* Red Buddha ( 1971 )

Red and classical
The Ababda or Ababde – the Gebadei of Pliny, and possibly the Troglodytes of other classical writers – are nomads living in the area between the Nile and the Red Sea, in the vicinity of Aswan in Egypt.
The second noteworthy characteristic is that the country borders on very different parts of the African continent: North Africa, with its Islamic culture and economic orientation toward the Mediterranean Basin ; West Africa, with its diverse religions and cultures and its history of highly developed states and regional economies ; Northeast Africa, oriented toward the Nile Valley and Red Sea region ; and Central or Equatorial Africa, some of whose people have retained classical African religions while others have adopted Christianity, and whose economies were part of the great Congo River system.
This tuning was used by the jazz player Red Mitchell and is increasingly used by classical players, notably the Canadian bassist Joel Quarrington.
The Kingdom of Italy created Eritrea at the end of the nineteenth century, using the classical name for the Red Sea (" erythra ").
The name " topaz " is derived ( via Old French: Topace and Latin: Topazus ) from the Greek Τοπάζιος ( Τοpáziοs ) or Τοπάζιον ( Τοpáziοn ), the ancient name of St. John's Island in the Red Sea which was difficult to find and from which a yellow stone ( now believed to be chrysolite: yellowish olivine ) was mined in ancient times ; topaz itself ( rather than topazios ) wasn not really known about before the classical era.
Music in Flight is an airshow held at Sywell, where an orchestra play classical music to accompany flying aircraft, hot air balloons, the Red Devils parachute display team and a fireworks display.
That night Barn Dance followed the NBC Red Network's Music Appreciation Hour, which consisted of classical music and selections from the Grand Opera genre with Walter Damrosch as emcee.
" For instance, he made a major contribution to the textual study of the Chinese classical novel, especially the 18th century novel Dream of the Red Chamber, as a way of establishing the vocabulary for a modern standardized language.
Red Tories tend to be traditionally conservative, that is, " Tory " in the Disraelian sense in social policy, placing a high value on the principles of noblesse oblige, communitarianism, and One nation conservatism — and were thus seen as moderate ( in the context of classical economic thought ) in their economic policy.
In contrast, sadcore emphasized pain and suffering through melodic use of acoustic and electronic instrumentation in the music of bands like American Music Club and Red House Painters, while the revival of Baroque pop reacted against lo-fi and experimental music by placing an emphasis on melody and classical instrumentation, with artists like Arcade Fire, Belle & Sebastian and Rufus Wainwright.
As well as performing works from the classical repertoire, the RPO has recorded a number of film scores, including those for Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Red Shoes and The Tales of Hoffmann.
However, in the 19th Century, the Liberal Party stood for British classical liberalism and free trade, and the Conservatives, especially so-called " Red Tories ", for protectionism.
RCA Red Seal ( formerly known as RCA Victor Red Seal ) is the renowned classical music label with a reissue sub-label called RCA Gold Seal.
* RCA Red Seal Records: The prestigious RCA Red Seal classical music label is now part of Sony Masterworks.
DGG / Polydor's entrance into the US market in 1969 ( DGG had distribution deals in the US with Decca Records and MGM Records beforehand ) came at a time when the big US classical labels — Columbia ( Masterworks ) and RCA ( Red Seal and Victor ) were dropping their unlucrative classical artists and making poor-quality pressings.
The Princes ' Islands ( " Prince Islands ", or more commonly Kızıl Adalar " Red Islands " or just Adalar as they are officially named ; classical Greek: Prinkēpōn nēsoi ), are a chain of nine islands off the coast of Istanbul, Turkey, in the Sea of Marmara.
On the divisions and boundaries of Europe, Asia and Africa, he repeats Eratosthenes ; like all classical geographers from Alexander the Great ( except Ptolemy ) he regards the Caspian Sea as an inlet of the Northern Ocean, corresponding to the Persian and Arabian ( Red Sea ) gulfs on the south.
The label also issued a Red Label series of classical and ethnic music, numbered 3xxxx, that included the Peerless Quartet and Fred Van Eps.
Previously called the Red Salon, the space underwent thorough renovations in 1901, updating it to the Edwardian style that was popular at the time, giving it boiserie panelling formed from plaster mouldings, a layered crown moulding, as well as windows and doors with chambranled montants, the latter openings also equipped with moulded, classical overdoors.
However, the instances of same-sex affection and sexual interactions described in the classical novel Dream of the Red Chamber seem as familiar to observers in the present as do equivalent stories of romances between heterosexual people during the same period.
She met and married Charles B. Shepperson, who nurtured his stepson William's musical interests by taking him to operettas and buying Red Seal recordings of classical music, which the boy greatly enjoyed.

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