Word: m
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...going to put forth every effort,'' he promised, "to organize Southern Governors to create and crystallize public opinion throughout the nation with reference to our traditions and Southern way of life." Crowed State Democratic Chairman Bidwell Adam after the election: "I want to say I'm thankful to God that Ross Barnett has saved Mississippi...
...Internal Revenue Service claimed he owed $415.69 in back taxes. Lockwood insisted he owed nothing. The collectors put on the pressure, and Lockwood, like many another before him, buckled. He signed a waiver permitting the Government to attach his paycheck. Said he: "I just gave up. I'm a little guy. I didn't figure I could fight the Government...
...income tax, O'Brien advised the barristers that the only way to come out even is to "borrow money from your friends." As other West Coast lawyers snickered and A.B.A. big shots fumed, the word spread: Gagster Belli's tax expert was Mobster Mickey ("I'm rehabilitated") Cohen, whose courtroom experience includes hearing a judge sentence him to five years for income-tax evasion...
...iridescent outlanders -Elvis Presley and Liberace-and not too surprisingly added a member of Britain's Establishment, chronically rumpled Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. But one nominee was as shocking as plaid socks with a dinner jacket: the Duke of Windsor. The editor's appraisal: "I'm afraid he's got older, and fashion is really a young person's thing. Maybe it's the influence of the Western Hemisphere...
...Drilling bull's-eyes with methodic precision, the U.S. Army's Blue riflemen's team from Fort Benning, Ga. won 14 out of 24 matches, set a national record of 1.107 points out of a possible 1,200 with the M-1 service rifle at distances of 600, 500, 300 and 200 yds., routed Marine, Navy and civilian teams to capture the Infantry Trophy at Camp Perry, Ohio...