Word: idol
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...finally quit ("Who wants to get thrown around by little punks?"). Wrestling has its own hazards-Szabo has had his nose broken six times-but it pays him some $50,000 a year, and he plans to keep at it for a while. After that? "I'm the idol of all women from 45 up to 80," says Sandor, and a singing career is "much easier." "I think I'll be like Bing Crosby...
Inspired by such exclamations, about 300 enthusiastic young Communists, with red roses and carnations in their hands and the Internationale on their lips, gathered at Paris' Gare du Nord on a chilly, drizzly morning, waiting for the Nord Express and their idol. But the Communist Party was not yet ready to expose the wonders of Soviet medicine to their view. At St. Quentin, 80 miles from Paris, the door of a special Polish private car attached to the Nord Express opened, and Thorez showed himself...
...actresses (including Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer and Paulette Goddard) in The Women, Rosalind Russell is the one usually best remembered by the millions who saw the picture. She became firmly established as the idol of a generation of less-than-beautiful movie-going girls who had to use smart clothes and bright chatter to lure men away from more luscious-looking females...
This week comes the climax of the Mahamastakabhisheka. The Jains have prepared a wooden scaffolding around the idol's back and sides. On the last day, hundreds of priests and sanyasis, as they have done for centuries, will mount the scaffolding holding clay pots full of milk and melted butter. To the sound of flutes and drums, they will pour milk and butter over Gomateswara's head. Then, the anointing accomplished, the faithful will scatter back to their homes across the breadth of India, for another 15 years or so, until the next Mahamastakabhisheka...
Gavilan, bouncy, exuberant and unmarked, clasped his hands over his head in the victory pose, then rushed to the ringside TV mike to tell an estimated 30 million viewers what had happened to their fallen idol. Said Gavilan: "He's a good fighter, but he no punch hard. He needs more experience. He's, well, you know ..." The welterweight champion left the thought unfinished. His next objective: the middleweight (160 lbs.) title. After all, says Gavilan: "I beat all the beeg welterweights, didn't I? Who else I gonna fight? Who gotta chance with the Keed...