Word: rank
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...morning, he sacked the ministers without waiting for their resignations; within hours he had installed as Defense Minister retired General Pierre Billotte, a member of the so-called "dissident Gaullists." Billotte's first order was a stern warning to defiant French generals henceforth, "every French soldier, regardless of rank, will do his duty." Then Billotte hastened to Morocco, with orders to hustle De Latour into doing what Faure had already told him to do- form a regency council...
...John" Harding, as tough in action as he is amiable in appearance, helped Montgomery chase Rommel across North Africa, helped Alexander take Italy, more recently presided in London over Britain's crackdown on the Communists in Malaya and the Mau Mau in Kenya. That a soldier of his rank and record should be dispatched to little Cyprus alarmed some Greeks and aroused many to anger. The official Radio Athens, reflecting the continuing Greek irritation over the U.S. vote against U.N. debate of the Cyprus matter, reacted with an anti-American twist: "For every Cypriot [Harding] kills or imprisons, free...
Libidinous Lip. Diana sells so well that she has become 1) England's highest paid vaudeville entertainer at ?1,000 ($2,800) a week, and 2) the nation's second highest paid film star* at a closely guarded salary. J. Arthur Rank has signed her to a new long-term contract, and experts say that he has acquired in one stroke "the most valuable property in British films today" and the girl with "the most libidinous lower lip in the business...
Today Robert Gartside '50 leaves this country for a fellowship abroad. Before leaving, however, the assistant conductor of the Harvard Glee Club sang a farewell concert which must rank locally as his greatest personal musical achievement. Not only was his choice of program excellent, but he was also in better vocal form then ever before...
...Rosario) for allegedly plotting against Perón Underground Career. As a leader of an ineffectual anti-Perón plot in 1952, he was jailed for eight months. Suspected of participating in another plot the next year, he successfully defied police by demanding that a general of equal rank be sent to arrest him. Later, kept under surveillance until Perón in a moment of clouded foresight, decided he was harmless...