Word: pistoles
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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From Clement Attlee's chambermaids to Eleanor Roosevelt's valets at the White House, the Westerners who cast eyes upon the belongings of Vyacheslav Molotov never ceased to be astonished by what they saw. One British chambermaid noted that beneath his pillow the Russian kept a pistol. Mrs. Roosevelt's servants reported that Molotov had brought a chunk of black bread, a roll of sausage, and a pistol. "Mr. Molotov evidently thought he might have to defend himself, and also that he might be hungry," Mrs. Roosevelt confided. "I liked him very much...
...Smith & Wesson, serial number 242332. "What do you use a revolver for?" gasped one of the reporters. "Fortunately, I haven't had to use it at all," replied John Foster Dulles. He explained that Costa Rica's President (1917-19) Federico Tinoco had given him the pistol in 1917, when Dulles was traveling on horseback through the jungles of Central America. It turned out that Dulles on this ride had indeed used his Smith & Wesson, to kill a wildcat...
...Secretary of State's pistol, a reporter inquired, figure in the current disarmament talks? Dulles' reply was a dry laugh. He assured his listeners that he had not fired the piece in years, that he kept it in the drawer of his bedside table in Washington, that he was unfailingly careful to get a permit once a year. The Secretary's permit read: "Age: 67; Col.: white; Physical marks . . . Mixed grey hair. Eye glasses...
...civil servants were released from the plane to find themselves facing a battery of stern and intractable officials at the airport. The crimes they had apparently committed were many. Some had failed to fill in their entry forms correctly. A police inspector was found to be carrying an undeclared pistol. A representative of the Reserve Bank was accused of smuggling in undeclared dollars. The Health Department man was found to be short one vaccination and was forced to take his shot then and there. Feeling duly humbled, the men who write New Zealand's entry rules were taken over...
...only violent deeds that followed Perón's violent words were scattered, anticlimactic, nonfatal episodes of brick-throwing, tar-splashing and bad-aim pistol-shooting in the provinces. No fatalities directly linked with the Plaza de Mayo show were reported except for the deaths of seven persons who ran afoul of high-tension wires while riding atop a crowded train bound for Buenos Aires...