october : Idioms & Phrases
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3rd october organization
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noun a militant Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization formed in 1975 to force Turkey to acknowledge killing more than a million Armenians and forcibly removing them from border areas in 1915; wants Turkey to pay reparations and cede territory to Armenia
ASALA; Orly Group; Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia.
- ASALA bombing at Orly Airport in Paris in 1983 killed 8 and wounded 55 people
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first of october antifascist resistance group
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noun an armed wing of the (illegal) Communist Party of Spain; seeks to overthrow the Spanish government and replace it with a Marxist-Leninist regime
GRAPO.
- GRAPO is vehemently opposed to the United States
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mid-october
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noun the middle part of October
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october 12
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noun a legal holiday commemorating the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus
Columbus Day; Discovery Day.
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october 24
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noun a day for celebrating the founding of the United Nations
United Nations Day.
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october revolution
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noun the coup d'etat by the Bolsheviks under Lenin in November 1917 that led to a period of civil war which ended in victory for the Bolsheviks in 1922
Russian Revolution.
