Word: offs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Just how ailing, uncertain President Chanis expected to bring the trick off was something of a mystery. Remón, the strong man and orderkeeper for every Panama administration since 1946, was in effect chief of staff of the nation's only armed force, the highly trained 2,000...
Lucky Day. Possibly Chanis felt lucky: he had already prepared to celebrate his 58th birthday at the palace on Sunday. Possibly he counted on the fact that Remón, too, has been seriously ill with liver trouble in recent months. For a little while it seemed that his plan...
Because of Canada's traditionally mild manners in world affairs, foreign-policy debates in Parliament have often seemed stale and tepid. Last week's scheduled debate gave no special promise of being any exception. Less than 48 hours before he was to lead off the discussion, Lester ("Mike...
In Hollywood, Frank Sinatra insisted that "it's murder for any celebrity to visit New York" because "a lot of people are gunning for you." Then he set off on a vacation-to New York.
Texas' Senator Tom Connolly got off a history-making announcement in a speech before 400 businessmen celebrating the opening of a $7,000,000 Nabisco plant in Houston. Assuring the baking company officials that they had invested their money safely, the senator predicted: "There is not going to be...