Word: held
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...health laws, and reinstated himself as Governor in a motel room near the shores of Lake Pontchartrain. Milestones in the hectic trail between the Pine Manor Motel and the Governor's mansion: ¶ With his bony feet sticking out of the sheet that covered his body, Ole Earl held a press conference from his motel bed, told reporters why his frightened wife, Blanche, was seeking a divorce. "Jealousy brought this on,1' he explained. "She wanted to be Governor." But Blanche had no cause for green eyes: "How can an old man take care of three or four...
Repeatedly during the 20-minute, standing-up conversation, Warren held clenched fists before him, handcuffed-style, said: "Look, I'm handcuffed, really handcuffed." As Chief Justice, he explained, he could not hold news conferences to refute "lying" stories, was powerless to defend himself. "Have you read the book?" asked Mazo. When Warren admitted that he had only read excerpts in Look magazine and some book reviews, it was Polish-born, South Carolina-raised Earl Mazo who blew up. Said he: "I hope to God for the sake of the country that your decisions are based on much more full...
Adenauer himself had urged that the election not be held in West Berlin, lest it give provocation to the Soviets. Similarly, the U.S. had suggested that the votes of West Berlin's own electors be dropped into a separate urn to underline the city's position as a four-power occupied area; on this "special status" of Berlin hangs much of the Western legal argument at Geneva. But the boss of West Germany's Bundestag, Eugen Ger-stenmaier, capturing the mood of many patriots, was determined to dramatize the opposite-that West Berlin indeed is part...
...pass the job on to his nearest male relative. In 1951 the Ranas were overthrown with surprising ease, and the Kings of Nepal came into their own. A democratic constitution, with points of resemblance to the legal systems of Britain, India and the U.S., was drawn up, and elections held last spring...
Rodin could not have done it better. The bowlegged old man brooded in the grand manner, one foot up on the top step of the dugout, an elbow on a knee, a hand held up to shade the faded blue eyes peering from a wrinkled mask of despair. "Something is wrong with this team." muttered Yankee Manager Casey Stengel, "and I gotta find out what it is.' As last week began, marking the season's halfway point, Casey's noble Yankees, perennial champions, were ignobly mired in fifth place, and baseball legend has it (none too accurately...