Word: derring
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...colonel, saboteur and guerrilla fighter during World War II; of bronchial cancer; in Madrid. Skorzeny led the September 1943 glider-borne rescue of Benito Mussolini from the mountain-top hotel where he had been imprisoned by the pro-Allied Badoglio government. The exploit earned him the Iron Cross and der Fuhrer's gratitude, which he repaid by helping to thwart the July 1944 plot against Hitler, rallying SS units and halting a wave of executions so that Gestapo torturers could extract from conspirators the extent of the plot. As German armies pressed the Ardennes offensive during Christmas week...
...descamisados (the shirtless ones), who soon came to expect generous social-welfare spending by the government. Now that tradition of bounty has come to a screeching halt and with it, in the opinion of many observers, the sway of the old-line Peronists who served with el Líder in the years of glory. Taking their place are officials loyal to Argentina's Minister of Social Welfare José López Rega, the shadowy confidant of Mrs. Perón. A former astrologer, López Rega is widely regarded as the country's most powerful...
Threats of Upheaval. Ironically, many of the economic measures now being taken could have been imposed with far less turmoil two years ago, when the government under newly installed President Juan Perón enjoyed immense popularity. Now, badly weakened and without the unifying prestige of el Líder, the government may not be able to withstand the growing political pressures. One ominous possibility for the future is a military coup. Until recently, most people remained confident that the armed forces would stay out of politics, mainly because taking power would require the armed forces to shoulder the blame...
...splendid array of medieval and Renaissance panel paintings from Italy and northern Europe. Among the drawings- which, at the time of Lehman's death, was one of the greatest collections in private hands in the world - are such rarities as two highly finished studies by Rogier van der Weyden, a sketch by Leonardo da Vinci and Dürer's famous self-portrait...
...some recent Western European press coverage, it was not Saigon that fell but Washington. Day after day, headlines bannered, THE AMERICAN RETREAT, THE AMERICAN FAILURE or THE AMERICAN DECLINE. Occasionally, a qualifying question mark was added, as in the headline on the recent cover of West Germany's Der Spiegel: NO MORE TRUST IN AMERICA...