Word: older
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bolsheviks as "people rightly called bookworms, who have quotations from Marx and Engels ready for every question . . ." That was a mistake: Malenkov was judged "erroneous" for questioning the Sacred Books. A jealous rival moved in, Andrei Zhdanov. He was of Malenkov's age, but he fought for the Older Bolsheviks by leading a "Back to Marx" movement...
Rivals. His four Deputy Premiers, and many other men in the party and the government, are older and more experienced than he; some still belong to the "first generation" of the revolution, which probably never quite got used to the young "Neanderthalers." Molotov and Kaganovich are perhaps neither able nor ambitious enough to set themselves up against Malenkov. Beria, who controls the police, has long been regarded as an ally of Malenkov's; furthermore, since alliances are of dubious value in Soviet Russia, Malenkov is said to have top men of his own in Beria's outfit...
...decades that followed, Jeffries led a good life. He was canny with money, never wanted, and during the Depression supported from 30 to 40 needy men on his California ranch. He was an honored citizen of Burbank, and as he grew older, liked to get his vast bulk into a Santa Claus suit before Christmas and entertain children at a local department store. He never lacked whisky to sip, nor friends with whom to mull over the "great old days." He was 77 last week when he suffered a heart attack in his chair, asked his niece to call...
Yesterday, DuBarry announced that, prompted by the players' letter, he had instituted a "searching study" of the University's athletic policies. Meanwhile, it had been learned that Murray's dinner-table speech had implicitly attacked football coach "George" Munger, stating that "older coaches" had been exerting "improper influence on the handling of matters" pertaining to his department...
...Rome airport, a minor Italian movie producer spotted a traveler who strikingly resembled Actor Laurence Olivier, "only he was older and shorter." Thinking quickly, the producer introduced himself and offered the man the lead in a film burlesque of Olivier's Hamlet. The man, who identified himself as "Mister Smith," roving salesman of bathroom supplies, eagerly accepted the offer, promised to go to work as soon as he had sold his supply of basins. The producer happily spread the news of his coup in Rome's movie circles, then read in the next day's paper that...