Word: antaeus
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...politicians, prolonged residence in Washington, D.C. often has the same consequences which lack of contact with the ground had for Antaeus the wrestler.* Last week, like Antaeus returning to the source of his strength, Dwight Eisenhower headed out into the U.S. countryside...
...Antaeus, giant son of Poseidon the sea god, was invincible so long as he kept in contact with his mother, the Earth. Hercules killed Antaeus by lifting him off the ground and strangling...
...forward as Premier. Ten days later, "at his own wish." Malenkov gave over the vital party secretaryship, and its control of party cadres, to Old Bolshevik Nikita Khrushchev. In Stalin's day, when men began growing too big, he handled them as Hercules did the giant Antaeus: he lifted them up and kept their feet off the ground, whereupon, having lost touch with their roots, they became weak enough to destroy. Beria, presumably, may be doing the same with Malenkov...