Word: rashness
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...rest of paragraph eight, lies in his statement that "The FBI does not sanction and is unaware of 'scare' tactics, as alleged." This was, in fact, one of the primary lessons for writing the story. The CRIMSON had hoped that Mr. Hoover would severly spank his errant agents, not rash to their defense. Williams S. Fairfield, (For the Editors...
...Legless Men. When Van Fleet arrived in Athens 15 months ago, the Red rash was still spreading across the pockmarked face of Greece. After the first guerrilla victories, Russia had seen a chance to harass the West with turmoil and terror in Greece and to win a great Mediterranean base for communism. The obedient satellites on Greece's north provided arms and other material aid, sanctuary for hard-pressed guerrillas, hospitals, training bases. Whether they fought voluntarily or under duress, the guerrilla soldiers were Greeks. For Russia it was a cheap try for big stakes. In March...
...plan was bound to run into serious troubles. Not the least of these was the fact that all around Yugoslavia and throughout Eastern Europe, Titoism was breaking out like a fever rash...
...seventh day of debate the Senate had taken on all the rash-marks of a baby filibuster. But this time the opposition could not muster the votes. At week's end 23 Republicans lined up behind Michigan's Arthur Vandenberg to help 45 Democrats defeat a milder version of the Wherry amendment...
...spring festivals approached, Mexico City had had a rash of queen elections. Oilworkers, government clerks, sportsmen and the "proletarian districts" all elected their own queens, and crowned them at special fiestas. The press photographers got Cantinflas, Mexico's most popular comedian, to crown their queen (see cut). Moy ran as the army's candidate for queen of all the festivals. Her nearest competitor was sultry, dark-haired Yolanda Ortiz, candidate of the traffic cops (the police department had its own candidate). Almost everyone in Mexico City knew that they were running a close race, but that...