Word: cleanups
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years and dignified bearing, is the very opposite of his spectacular predecessor. He dislikes personal publicity, and his idea of a good time is to play dominoes or go for a long walk. A new type of Mexican hero, he seems to be pleasing the people with his cleanup. And the way he is going about it shows a shrewd aptitude for the Mexican style of strong presidential rule...
...service, Ruiz Cortines had never given Alemán trouble, and there was no reason to believe he would. On his record, Ruiz Cortines was honest enough to satisfy public opinion, and "safe" enough to satisfy the men around Alemán. So Alemán himself chose the cleanup...
...startling as his cleanup was the skill and authority with which Ruiz Cortines carried it out. Mild and unassuming personally, the new President nevertheless grasped his great powers firmly. His methods reminded one subordinate of the story of Abraham Lincoln polling his Cabinet, finding all eight opposed to his view, then announcing: "Eight nays, one aye; the ayes have it." Though he has held only two Cabinet meetings since taking office...
...have certain things in common. Like Ike. Mexico's new leader served his country under preceding administrations. Like Ike, he has undertaken in office to clean up the mess left by them. Last week the summer White House in Denver announced that President Eisenhower and Mexico's cleanup President will meet at the international border Oct. 19. The occasion: dedication of the largest joint U.S.-Mexican border undertaking on record-the $50,000,000 Falcon Dam across the Rio Grande River 75 miles downstream from Laredo, Texas...
...British intelligence in France when World War II began. After the 1940 German breakthrough in Belgium, he mustered a hodgepodge "Mac Force" of rear-echelon troops and led a fighting retreat to Dunkirk. In 1944 as chief of the Allied Control Commission in liberated Italy, he smoothly directed the cleanup of Fascist officials. At war's end Laborite "Mason Mac" was elected to' Parliament...