Word: cons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Seldom had the leader of a free society treated his nation with such con tempt. Last week as Charles de Gaulle delivered himself of his long-awaited decision to run again for the presidency, few Frenchmen were surprised, but all France might well have felt insulted by his reasoning. "Should the public's frank and massive support call on me to remain in office," De Gaulle de- clared, "the future of the Republic will be resolutely assured. If not, no one doubts that it will immediately collapse, and that France will undergo - this time without possible recourse - a national...
...more familiar faces around President Sukarno's office these days is the grim and sorrowing visage of Yao Chung-ming, Red China's ambassa dor in Djakarta. Three times in a week, he showed up to express his grave con cern at the Indonesian government's recent antisocialist behavior. If the Bung was being honest, he must have expressed grave concern right back, for there was precious little he could do about the disturbing turn of events. The army was clearly in control...
Last week they got their answer - but in a manner so indirect and ambiguous that it took the nation a week to fathom what the President's real feelings and intentions were. Convinced that one of John Kennedy's greatest mistakes as President was his bitter, demagogic con frontation with the steel industry, John son managed to show his strong dis approval of price rises without uttering a single word in public...
...exaggerated than just about any other aspect of the U.S. economy. It conjures up visions of depression, poverty and helplessness for vast numbers of people - and, indeed, it means that for some. The facts, though, do not really fit the fears. Unemployment is not only dwindling steadily but is con- siderably less acute than some statistics make...
...about this guy, Nathan Detroit. He runs a crap game, but there's no place to play. So he bets a Sky Masterson that this Sky guy can't con a Salvation Army girl into going to San Juan with him (some Harvie in back of me said it was really supposed to be Havana, but the Commies screwed it up). Oh yeah, Nathan's got a stripper he's engaged to for fourteen years, named Adelaide, she's the best thing in the show. She knows how to move. And she's got a great voice. Kind of like...