Word: belt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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France had braced itself for 14 days with Nikita Khrushchev. French Communists plastered the Paris Red Belt with pamphlets calling upon the faithful to give Nikita "an unforgettable welcome worthy of the traditions of the Parisian working class." France's Catholic bishops forbade clergymen to greet Khrushchev in their churches, urged laymen to recite the prayer Pro Pace (For Peace) in his presence. De Gaulle prepared himself by watching movies of Khrushchev's U.S. tour and huddling with Britain's Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, who had flown over to give the general a few British attitudes...
When he is hot, he can wind up on the tee and belt the ball a country mile. He can putt as if the ball had eyes. But nearly any pro, when he is hot, can do the same. The difference is that this year, sharpshooting Arnold Palmer, 30, has stayed happily heated up almost all the time. Ever since January, when golf pros began chasing a fast fairway dollar eastward from Los Angeles toward the big-time championships of spring and summer, Palmer has been cashing in at a record rate. By last week he had earned...
...about the farm message that President Eisenhower was scheduled to send to Congress that very day. The Senators had found in the advance text a lingering echo of Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson's crusading spirit, and they felt that, considering Benson's unpopularity in the farm belt, a gentler tone was indicated in an election year...
...beat a tattoo on him with elbow and hip. Last week Chamberlain had to take two games off for the extraction of two teeth jammed back by an elbow. Says Warrior Coach Neil Johnston: "They're getting away with murder against Wilt. It would help if Wilt would belt a few. but he's only fought back a couple of times when...
...bluff, breezy businessman who operates his nationalized company with a free-enterprising flair. "Private or public company," says Hereil, "I've got the same philosophy -to make money for our shareholders." When Hereil took over in 1946, he knew little about planes beyond how to fasten the seat belt. He had started out as a liquidator of ailing companies, by World War II had dealt with 800 sick businesses ranging from a concert hall to bakeries and grocery stores...