Word: brotherism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Castro's younger brother, Raul, was detailed to warm up the crowd before Fidel himself appeared. "None of our prisoners are tortured," he cried. "But when necessary, we execute them." The crowd of peasants and union members, released from work for the day and trucked in from outlying provinces for the show, screamed its delight. At the appearance of Fidel himself, who landed in a helicopter carrying a new Belgian rifle (one of 24,000 he recently bought for his troops), the mob chanted for eight solid minutes...
...pinch increased, Trujillo's brother Hector, who is the puppet President, wrote to the "Father of the New Fatherland" and "Financial Emancipator of the Nation" that it would be a "patriotic duty" for the bureaucracy to donate their December salaries to the cause. Lieut. General Rafael ("Ramfis") Trujillo Jr. permanently renounced his $3,000 monthly, salary as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Soon El Caribe blossomed with a solid page of names of army officers, cops and party hacks who hastened to say that they were delighted to kick in. But when the government proposed canceling Christmas...
...wastrel is again James Tyrone, the elder brother who haunted his way through Long Day's Journey into Night: now, he is measurably nearer to the grave which is his best hope. The slut (this time paradoxically endowed with a strange secret of virginity) is a huge, slatternly girl, both proud and ashamed of her physical bulk and power...
...stress fracture has probably finished Benjamin for the season. Benjamin developed rapidly this fall, and was beginning to remind cross country followers of his brother dyke, the 1958 Heps champion and an all-time Crimson great. His injury, ironically, is similar to the one that kept his brother out of winter track...
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (CBS, 9-10 p.m.). In his first straight dramatic role in 17 years, Desi himself joins the cast of So Tender, So Profane, plays the sorely tried brother of a trollop...