Word: generalissimoing
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...bill to revise the Displaced Persons law is having a rough time. After passing the House by an overwhelming voice vote on June 2, it was submerged in Senator Pat McCarran's Judiciary Committee until a fortnight ago, when it was exhumed while McCarran was off visiting his pal, Generalissimo Franco. Once on the Senate floor, it ran into a filibuster by Senator Cain, which broke up only when a motion for recommittal was passed by 36 to 30 with 30 absentees. The bill was sent back to languish under McCarran's loving care, at least until next January...
...Brewster, they were able to borrow pants without trouble. But the incident set up a great and indignant gobbling: Keogh had been carrying the group's expense money in his wallet. It disturbed the Spanish police terribly also, since some of the Americanos were scheduled to talk to Generalissimo Franco in Madrid...
...foot in one pocket). Congressman Keogh's wallet and $3,800. They announced, not without a flicker of national pride, that the theft had been accomplished at the town of Las Casetas with a fishing pole. The Congressmen accepted their belongings gratefully. At week's end the Generalissimo received the visitors with the air of a man who runs in train robbers on time...
Said Congressman Murphy, after the interview: "The Generalissimo is a plain, simple, intelligent man. He is a lovable, lovable person. What surprised me is his sense of humor. We really should have an ambassador here. This is the world's most anti-Communist state...
Senator Robert Taft is the latest prominent American to discover the beastly way in which this country has treated its staunch ally, Generalissimo Franco. He proposes a resumption of diplomatic relations with the Spanish dictator, in the interest of strengthening Western Europe against a possible Russian attack...