Word: galling
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...agent? "Because I know him," Pasztor answered quietly. "His name is Jozsef Teleki, and he was one of my interrogators during the seven years I was imprisoned by the Communists." In the 1956 revolution, when AVHs were being hanged from lampposts, Teleki had even had the gall to ask ex-Prisoner Pasztor for help in escaping the revolutionary fury. Now he had stopped Dr. Pasztor on the streets of Vienna and said that AVH wanted him to work for the disunity of refugee groups abroad, and especially in the U.S. If he refused, the agent promised "suitable treatment" for Pasztor...
...other two singles wins were registered by Tim Gall-wey and Al Goldman. The former upset Gene Scott, who had not lost a match all year, by breaking through in the eighth game of the third set to triumph...
Minus a pesky gall bladder, ex-President Herbert Hoover, 83, strode out of Manhattan's Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center two weeks after his operation, pronounced himself well and ready for work in another two weeks. Hoover, who was awarded an honorary degree (his 84th) from the State University of New York while in the hospital, had some cheery advice on operations for the elderly: "Go to a good hospital and have it over with. It's not as bad as it used to be. When you get out of a hospital in two weeks...
...second singles, sophomore Tim Gall-wey was slow getting started but soon warmed up, downing Tom Shulman, 8-6, 6-3. Since Ned Weld was out of action with a blistered hand, Al Goldman moved up to number three to meet Joe Turner, whom he last year defeated in a two and one-half hour three-set match. Yesterday, however, Goldman had an easier time, winning...
...merrily trampled and spiked the foibles, veneers and peculiarities of such vulnerable folk as Elvis Presley, Billionaire J. Paul Getty. Jayne Mansfield, "Fatso" Farouk, Linda Christian and many another moving target. But not until one evening a fortnight ago did the gaily irresponsible Elsa turn her gusty gall on one of the few name-and-I-droppers in the world who, pound for pound, can outgossip and outfeud her-Walter Winchell. The battle between the titans of Babel began when Host Jack Paar cued Guest Maxwell with a remark that Walter Winchell "is after me." Not waiting to learn...