Word: pal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Libby will bring to Capitol Hill a longtime friendship with the racketeers who lurk in the background of the West Side's ward politics. A pal of the late underworld overlord Al Capone, Libonati is still on chummy terms with former Capone henchmen such as Tony Accardo and Paul ("the Waiter") Ricca, who are really "charitable" and "patriotic" fellows, according to Libby. During his two decades in the state legislature, Libby opposed legislation urged by the Chicago Crime Commission, backed bills that gamblers also liked. One piece of legislation paid off nicely: after Libby helped put through a bill...
Loans & Taxes. To reward the Socialists for their support, Gaillard reappointed Christian Pineau and Robert Lacoste to their posts as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Algeria. To his tennis pal and predecessor Bourges-Maunoury, Gaillard gave the powerful Ministry of Interior...
...Pal Joey. A mildly anemic version of the full-blooded Broadway musical-but with Frank Sinatra supplying a strong jolt of the glamour vitamin (TIME...
...Pal Joey. Hollywood has oversanitized the fun-and-gaminess of the Broadway musical, but Frank Sinatra saves the show (TIME...
Should anyone misplace a weekend, which--in view of the policy of early parietal hours on football weekends--we doubt, Yale alumnus and surreptitions political pen-pal Foster Furcolo has proclaimed November 11 Veterans Day, asserting that "AllLost Weekends Shall Be Found." And kill the fatted Tiger...