Word: popular
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hustings popular Candidate Larrazábal was drawing bigger, more enthusiastic crowds than either of his rivals. At a Caracas rally, 100,000 citizens turned out -the most in Venezuelan history. At Los Teques, near the capital, supporters cheered so wildly Larrazábal could not make a scheduled speech...
...Reds agreed to wage relentless war against the free-enterprise policies of Chile's conservative President Jorge Ales-sandri, against foreign (and specifically U.S.) investments. They pledged themselves to fight for the "national liberation" of Chile by adding to the popular front they have already formed with the Socialists. President Alessandri, who barely, beat Socialist Candidate Salvador Allende in September's election, will plainly have to deal with a threat that is growing faster than he could have guessed...
...critical state of the church in Latin America in giving cardinals for the first time to Uruguay and Mexico, 2) stiffened the church's position against the Reds by appointing in embattled Berlin a young cardinal renowned for his anti-Communism (see below), 3) honored Milan's popular Archbishop Giovanni Battista Montini by placing his name at the head of the official list of new cardinals, giving him the unofficial title of the new Pope's prima creatura...
...generations, nearly every handy American boy read Popular Mechanics magazine. It was the bible of budding scientific and engineering genius, the blueprint to mechanical marvels and monstrosities. But in recent years the 56-year-old magazine has been hard pressed to compete with the wonders of the Missile and Atomic Age; for nearly a year Chicago's H. H. Windsor family has been trying to sell Popular Mechanics (circ. 1,325,735)-Last week it found a buyer: Hearst Corp.'s magazine division.-The buy was shrewdly calculated; magazine circulation is up 23% since 1950, while Hearst...
...Constant also found himself hearing tom-toms, marimbas, vibraphone and celesta. He committed these exotic cerebral sounds to paper, and last week a Parisian audience jammed into the Theatre des Champs-Elysées to hear the results, interpreted by Guest Conductor Leonard Bernstein and the French National Orchestra. Popular verdict: an exciting highlight in Composer Constant's promising young career...