Word: beene
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Barrel Roll. Details of what happened next would have to await a Civil Aeronautics Board investigation. It may have been that Berke failed to correct with his left rudder in time, or inadvertently applied more right. The 707 flipped on its back. The gut-pounding stress was too much for...
No Vetoes. The four delegates of tiny Andorra, whose main industry-smuggling -is frowned upon by France and Spain, had to fight their way through a snowstorm in leaving the Pyrenees, and nearly came to grief on the main street of Vaduz when their car almost collided with a herd...
Signs of Progress. At home Ayub Khan cleaned house by firing some 2,000 corrupt bureaucrats, cracked down on black-marketeers and hoarders, collected long overdue taxes, and even retrieved two tons of gold from the sea, where it had been sunk by smugglers. Big landowners were forced to disgorge...
Abroad, Ayub has remained firmly pro-Western and a member of CENTO. He is the first leader of Pakistan to make a determined effort to improve relations with India. The problem of the canal waters of the Indus basin is nearing settlement (TIME, June 1). After twelve years of border...
Ever since he reluctantly divorced Queen Soraya in 1958, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, Shah of Iran, has been window-shopping through Europe. In his search for a new bride who would present him with a son and heir, the Shah's wandering eye was caught by Italy's pretty...