Word: calle
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...very often, as New York's Howard Leary observes, the policeman has reason to feel rankled: he is indeed what Leary calls "the convenient whipping boy" for many of society's ills. All things considered, it is almost a miracle that American cops, who receive little respect from anybody for perhaps the toughest job in the U.S., are as good as they are. "It is too easy to forget," says University of Chicago Sociologist Jerome Skolnick, "that police are only people," with the same frustrations and prejudices that others of similar backgrounds might have. "No matter what people call...
...four-year hitch in the Navy, he found a job at a gas station in Los Angeles in 1938. When he was alone in the station one night, a stickup man shoved a gun in his back, then took $12 from the till. The police answered Reddin's call in what seemed no more than seconds, capturing the holdup man. Impressed, Reddin began asking questions, discovering that a rookie cop commanded $170 a month-$40 more than he was making. That was all he needed to know. In 1941 he became a cop (today he makes...
...patriots in the village of Lany, small green shrubs have been planted to form letters that spell the presidential motto, "Truth Prevails." Schools in Prague and Bratislava have been renamed after both men. And some mornings, as the train pulls into Prague Central Station, an exuberant conductor may call out, "Masaryk Station!"-its name before the Communists took over and changed...
...bring France back to normal. De Gaulle wanted to hold a referendum on his participation scheme, which he felt would give the strikers and rioters the concessions that they wanted. Pompidou threatened to resign if De Gaulle did that, and pressed him instead to dissolve the National Assembly and call new elections. Many politicians believed that Pompidou also warned that if France did not heed De Gaulle's appeal for order, "Mon Genéral,-you must leave...
Last-Minute Call. The following morning, Pompidou telephoned Bernard Tricot, De Gaulle's top administrative aide, at the Elysée. If De Gaulle wanted him to stay, he would be glad to, said Pompidou. His only conditions were that he be given a say in drafting the participation bill and a free hand in running the National Assembly. Beyond that, all he wanted was a little well-earned rest -perhaps a two-week vacation. Tricot rang back after noon with a message from De Gaulle. It was too late; the general had already made up his mind...