Word: californianism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When George White, a moon-faced Californian of 44, confides in a Turkish floozy, a member of the Sicilian Mafia or a Marseille Chinese that he is in the market for dope, his listeners somehow seem to trust him, and lead him right to the big drug suppliers. Using this snare in two decades of prowling the world from Butte to Bahrein, U.S. Narcotics Agent White has got the evidence that has put thousands of peddlers behind bars. His wartime hitch as a lieutenant colonel in the Office of Strategic Services was no less interesting. At one point he stepped...
Personal Demon. Hardworking, hard-cussing Kinley, a Californian by birth, has put out 300 fires, has few rivals (many other fire fighters have been killed). He is wealthy enough to retire on his fire fighting earnings (an estimated $100,000 a year), plus royalties on oilfield tools, sold by a company he owns in Houston. But Kinley, who regards fire as a personal demon always scheming to outwit him, can never resist the next jangle of the long-distance fire bell. Says he: "I guess I'll retire when they carry...
...Californian Parry O'Brien, who led the U.S.'s Darrow Hooper and Jim Fuchs to a 1-2-3 sweep in the shotput. O'Brien's winning toss...
University of California Regent John F. Neylon yesterday attacked two articles in the Daily Californian, University newspaper. The articles described favorably life in the Soviet Union...
...executive committee of the Associated Students added its voice to the controversy, requesting Sproule to appoint an advisory committee composed of representatives from the Associated Students, the Daily Californian, the faculty, alumni, and administration...