Word: purgee
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Ambassador Dubček, who initially resisted the appointment, will find few pressing diplomatic problems between Ankara and Prague. The embassy has only a seven-man staff, and Dubček's main duty will consist of overseeing Czechoslovakia's $44 million in trade with Turkey. Meanwhile, the...
The purge is a result of last spring's attempted takeover of Goodrich by Ben Heineman's Chicago-based Northwest Industries. Goodrich waged a successful defense [TIME, May 23] that has become a classic in corporate tactics. But Northwest emerged as the largest single stockholder, with 16% of...
Dropping out of American Society has required tremendous efforts from those who attempt it. They have had to move great physical distances in order to purge themselves of all they felt was wrong or repulsive about American life. Some did manage to find a better way to live; others didn...
* A dated but still pertinent case in point is Lillian Hellman, who signed a statement in the Daily Worker supporting the 1938 Great Purge trials in Moscow. The trials brought about the execution of Russia's greatest writers, together with millions of other innocent Soviet people.
She has few illusions about herself, and can examine her position with dispassion. "I'm trying to purge myself of all the mannerisms I've used up to this point. I have never had a high opinion of myself as an actress, but I'm determined to develop, and I...