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Dates: during 1950-1959
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During a tour of the U.S. in 1955, Adzhubei refused to answer tough questions from American newsmen about Russia, but generally radiated good will, quipped as he made a small wager at a Reno gambling table: "I probably shouldn't do this-I might make a million." (He didn't.) As editorial boss of Izvestia (circ. 1,800,000). Adzhubei may some day give the monolithic Pravda (5,560,000) a run for its kopecks...
Enraged, Hoffa bristled into Boston last week to exhort Local 25 and excoriate the press. With a glare at reporters, Hoffa roared that the press's spleen might well stem from the fact that in some communities his drivers make more than newsmen. Cried he: "My responsibility is far and beyond some cartoonists or editorial writers, who want to display their high school skills to embarrass you and possibly put you in prison...
Reid was convinced that Milton Williams (a Negro) was guilty of the crime for which he was executed last week-the rape of a 16-year-old Negro girl-but that did not make his 158th execution easy. With prison officials, Reid sat down to the traditional Texas execution eve "breakfast" (scrambled eggs, pork chops, coffee), later leaned casually on a rail, notebook in hand, as Williams entered the execution chamber. But another reporter noted that Reid pursed his lips as Williams took the first 15-second 1,800-volt jolt. The reporter later asked Methodist Reid, "Were you praying...
...pulls you by the coll-ah, and make...
...pills do more harm than good in sports where skill or judgment is paramount, e.g., a football quarterback does not usually need to be keyed up but calmed down. Said Ed Froelich, trainer for the Chicago White Sox: "What sense does it make to hop somebody up today, and tomorrow he's deader than a mackerel and loses you a ball game?" As for the A.M.A.'s observation that the use of pep pills can be detected by urinalysis, one athletic director commented: "I'd hate to have athletics get to the point where...