Word: restlessness
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...Hungarian explosion blew across from Poland in June 1956, when the workers of industrial Poznan (pop. 372,000) revolted. By October Moscow had been forced to grant the Poles a large measure of independence. The question then arose: How much further could Moscow go in granting freedom to other restless satellites? Evidence before the U.N. committee suggests that there was a difference among Soviet leaders on this point. One group, probably the marshals, was against any further concessions, and eager to crush any rebellion that might take place in Hungary...
...anyone who likes living in a palace, presiding over state banquets and dedicating buildings, the presidency of Italy can be a highly rewarding seven-year job. But restless, silver-haired Giovanni Gronchi, who has held the post since 1955, has never adjusted himself to being a constitutional figurehead. He prefers power to pomp, any day. Last week, as Italy's latest political crisis dragged into its second month, Gronchi was well on his way to having both...
Citation: "A quick and restless mind, a profound understanding of charity, a winning sense of humor and a radiance of manner-these attributes make her one of the outstanding women...
...such pilgrim-the book's narrator -is Andrew Colquhoun, a youngish Scots drifter eager to pluck the heart from Clausen's mystery, write his biography and perhaps thereby come to terms with his own restless nature. Also on the way to Clausen is an odd trio of characters: a tropical tycoon named Zuckermann, who is playing the white man's last rubber in the game of enlightened self-interest; his beautiful and enigmatic secretary. Gemma; and his top research man, a brilliant mixed-blood scientist who secretly aspires to be "a Napoleon of the black masses...
...price of clothing went down a bit, but just about everything else, from food to laundry soap, went up. And so that restless thermometer of inflation, the Bureau of Labor Statistics' retail price index, crept higher again in April. It was the eighth monthly rise in a row, bringing the index to a record high of 119.3 (the 1947-49 average = 100). The new mark was .4 above the March figure and a notable 4.7 above early 1956, when the index, after three steady years, started edging upward. Forecast for May: higher...