Word: maximation
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...countrymen were disappointed that the man whose favorite political maxim is "we must choose" had failed to proclaim his choice; that the man of bold actions had acted the part of a man of devious devices. France's allies were distressed by his accusations that they had ganged up on him, charges that fanned French chauvinism and rekindled old hates. For Mendès, the way back would be harder now; doubts were now planted...
...convent in Nantes, Aimée was given as a present to Turkish Sultan Abd ül Hamid I, who popped her into his harem. At first, convent-bred Aimée violently resisted a fate worse than death, but at last came to agree with the Arab maxim: "Woman succeeds where man fails, for woman knows when to yield." Aimée became the Sultan's favorite, and lived to a ripe age plotting bloodthirstily against the Sultan's enemies. Thanks to Aimée, her son, Mahmoud II ("The Reformer"), broke the power of the Janissaries...
...Fall of a Titan, by Igor Gouzenko. A powerful fiction account of the death of Maxim Gorki, by the famed ex-code clerk turned novelist (TIME, June...
Such waspish suspicions were thrust aside in the sudden Gemiitlichkeit of Moscow's reception. On the first night in town, the visitors were shipped out to a spacious dacha once occupied by Maxim Gorky, to be wined and dined by the Kremlin's biggest wigs. Clad in gleaming white, Premier Malenkov himself strode to the garden to pick a bouquet of purple phlox and red gladioli for Dr. Edith. Some time later he soothed her feminist ardor with the assurance that women in the field of education were "too often overmodest." So many happy vodka toasts were drunk...
...Marciano and a heavyweight purse. In the back room of boxing, the smart-money boys disagreed. Archie, they argued, like most stylists, was too clean and clever a fighter to make for drama and draw a big gate. But he could hit the road again and take on Joey Maxim, another old friend-in Omaha...