Word: brilliantly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...commander in chief of the army, once the brilliant strategist of the guerrilla days, now,pretty much a figurehead, but a useful one. One version of his life makes him of the landed gentry; another says he was one of a large family of poor peasants who pooled resources to educate one-Chu Teh. First a gym teacher, then a war lord's lieutenant, he learned to command troops, eventually fought himself to high fortune, a houseful of concubines and opium. About 1922 he suddenly abandoned the high life, went to Berlin to study, met Chou...
...made Navy Minister. Two years later he got into politics. Now 63, he is a top Peronista Party official. Because the election made him Argentina's No. 2 man, high officials gathered at Government House in a festive mood to congratulate him. One minister termed the voting "brilliant...
...after the brilliant election, Argentina went back to being a dictatorship as usual. Radical Party headquarters called in foreign correspondents and gave them the word that four top leaders, including the unlucky Radical who opposed Teisaire for the vice presidency, had been arrested...
Today, with a reputation as one of the most brilliant violinists alive, Spivakovsky usually limits himself to one modern work on each recital program. His aim: to live long enough to see the programmers demand more...
Knock on Wood. Some extremely funny Kayedenzas by a brilliant clown, Danny Kaye (TIME, April...