Word: ruthless
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Master? Their trip was an embarrassing failure. The authority of Lumumba's central government extended no farther than the sound of his voice. As soon as he left a town or a province, power returned to whoever was strong enough and ruthless enough to wield it. At Elisabethville, capital of the secessionist province of Katanga, the plane was denied permission to land. A spokesman for the Katanga leader, Moise Tshombe, said that President Kasavubu was welcome, but "we refuse to let that other character set foot on Katangese soil." When the two harassed leaders took off from Luluabourg...
Cable-Stitched. The Kennedy clan is as handsome and spirited as a meadow full of Irish thoroughbreds, as tough as a blackthorn shillelagh, as ruthless as Cuchulain, the mythical hero who cast up the hills of Ireland with his sword. The tribal laws permit extremes of individualism, though most Kennedys look alike when they smile. When they are together, the family foofaraws are noisy and the discussions continuous, but when they are apart, their need for constant communication strains the facilities of the telephone company and the U.S. postal service. No matter where they happen to be, the Kennedys...
...where Kennedy forces ganged up on Lyndon Johnson Supporter Edwin C. Johnson, who wanted to be named to the delegation. A three-time Governor and a thrice-elected U.S. Senator, Ed Johnson had suitable credentials, but he left the hall weeping over the thrashing he got. "It was the ruthless Kennedy machine in a conspiracy with organized labor that defeated me," he cried. "Their vindictiveness caught me by surprise...
...headed men, endures all of fate's buffets, and at the film's end is a nubile 60, no worse for wear except for a touch of zinc oxide at the temples. She is the beloved of Thor Storm (Robert Ryan), an honest Norwegian salmon fisherman, until ruthless Zeb Kennedy (Richard Burton), a drifting Irishman who is Ryan's best friend, purloins her affections. In Malemute anguish, Ryan harnesses his huskies and mushes off into the Arctic where, to assuage his grief, he sires a son by an Eskimo maiden. In the meantime, the caddish Burton...
...closed society surfers from the absence of these restraints. Ruthless, singleminded concentration of men and treasure on a single project may lead to spectacular results (example: Sputnik). But the monolithic closed society lacks the flexibility to improvise and change its plans. "It is not prepared to go off into new, unplanned fields." says University of Chicago Historian Daniel Boorstin. "But the open society is a world where everything can be tried." Adds Bishop Gerald Kennedy, president of the Methodist Council of Bishops: "The overwhelmingly important strength of a free society is the individual-the lonely man. whether...