Medium crossword Cold War, Hot Times
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2 Across: A political and social system predicated on racial discrimination and/or segregation; associated with the Republic of South Africa from 1948 to 1994.
Across 2. A political and social system predicated on racial discrimination and/or segregation; associated with the Republic of South Africa from 1948 to 1994.4. A highway built during WWII to facilitate the movement of troops and materiel from the United States to its northern territory (not yet a state), Alaska. It was constructed between Dawson Creek, BC, and Delta Junction, Alaska, and completed in 1942. It served to open the Yukon to greater traffic and activity. (6, 7)7. The idea that Canada might occupy a position between "great power" states like Britain and the United States and, after the World War II, at a level between the superpowers (the US and the USSR), the second tier of military and economic powers (e.g.: Britain and France), and other nations; tied to Lester Pearson's vision of peacekeeping and Canada as a referee or fair broker. (6, 5)8. The rescue of six American diplomats during the Iranian Revolution of 1979 to 1980. (8, 5)9. A musical group involving as many as two dozen players; associated with jazz and swing music from the interwar and early post-WWII years. (3, 4)Down 1. In legal and demographic terms, a child born to unmarried parents (or "out of wedlock").3. 1968, a brief period of liberalization of government policies and democratic rights in Czechoslovakia; countered by the invasion of Warsaw Pact troops under the command of the Soviet Union. (6, 6)5. A war that began in 1950 and ended inconclusively in Armistice in 1953; this was Canada's first Cold War era military engagement, and it involved significant casualties. (6, 3)6. In Toronto, the location of Canada's leading financial offices, banks, and corporations, as well as the Toronto Stock Exchange. (3, 6)Every word here comes from “Cold War, Hot Times”. Have a look at it any time you're stuck.
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