Word: nine
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Little Frightened." Ike turned from hunting to his first love-golf. At Thomasville's Glen Arven Country Club, the President, undeterred by a drizzle, played a nine-hole round for the first time since his heart attack. Moving from hole to hole in an electric cart, Ike shot a 47. (Par for the nine: 36.) His long shots were ragged-he was obviously reluctant to hit down into the ball-and as he left the course he remarked: "I'm a little frightened, not only of the strokes, but also I'm a little frightened of myself...
...program as good when it wears a new Republican label, and denounce it as socialism at the same time.'' In Salt Lake City he said: "Warren is no more a Republican Chief Justice than the seven members who were appointed under previous Administrations are Democratic Justices. These nine men jointly performed their duty according to their consciences and convictions as judges and as interpreters of our Constitution when they reaffirmed the principle of genuine equality for all our citizens . . . That was a judicial act. an American act, and I say it is deeply disturbing to find a high...
...prestige and power of the presidency. He has stepped up pomp and circumstance of the Quirinal Palace itself, which is guarded by 120 of the most imposing soldiers in Italy, the 6-ft.-6-in. cuirassiers. Has made more speeches and covered more miles in his first nine months than Einaudi did in seven years. In contrast to Einaudi, he accepts petitions, receives delegations, summons government ministers to discuss their actions. "I firmly believe that the head of state must stimulate and encourage the actions of government," he says, and intends to sit as "custodian of the constitution." He believes...
...nine years after Khoi's murder, the village of Co Bi remained under Communist control, making it impossible for members of the Roman Catholic Ngo family to find their relative's body. When at last the Reds were driven out, the local peasants were too afraid to talk. One ancient sampan man confessed that he had heard the shots and described the area where the murder had taken place. He promptly disappeared. An old ex-Communist surrendered to Diem's forces and admitted his son had taken part in the kidnaping, but the son had fled...
...about 1 a.m. when the car stopped at a deserted spot in Lincoln, Mass., and then sped away, leaving behind a youth of 18. For Freshman Thomas Clark of M.I.T., this was the last part of his initiation into the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Like nine other pledges who had been deposited about the countryside, he was left alone to get back to the M.I.T. campus, 14 miles away, as best he could, by 8 o'clock the next morning. But when morning came, Tom Clark had still not returned from what the Dekes call the "One-way ride...