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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The magazine also printed a rebuttal from one V. Reznikov, a waiter at the Hotel Sovietskaya. Pointing out that the pay was low (it is) and tips were "the only form of reward for extra efforts," Waiter Reznikov, a true member of his trade, went on to pay his respects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: The Old Tribute | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

Surrounded by Defense Minister Rodion Malinovsky and other smiling brass, Nikita Khrushchev proposed a toast to the Red army as "the only army that voted for its own liquidation." Since it was such a jolly occasion, he obviously meant his own disarmament proposals, and was not calling up the evil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Kremlin Dances | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

Their main business is extortion. Prying protection money from taxi drivers, prostitutes, shopkeepers, housewives and small schoolchildren alike, they rake in as much as $350,000 a month. Cambridge-educated Lee Kuan Yew, becoming independent Singapore's first Prime Minister last June, set out on a crime cleanup, but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SINGAPORE: Triad in Trouble | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

The Prime Minister's first bold move was a 16-day amnesty offer to Triad hoodlums who wanted to go straight. If they would confess past misdeeds, their testimony would not be used against them as evidence; the police would make every effort to protect them from predictable Triad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SINGAPORE: Triad in Trouble | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

Promptly at midnight that night, aided by invaluable information gained from the 800 confessions, Singapore's British-trained police force of 5,000 went into action. While British troops garrisoned in Singapore mounted roadblocks in "purely coincidental military exercises," police swooped down on known Triad hideouts, within 48 hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SINGAPORE: Triad in Trouble | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

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