Word: said
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...campaign the Communists made a lot of noise, said nothing that was much to the point. But the Conservatives, like their British opposite numbers, got down to political issues, charged that the welfare state had killed initiative. They cited cases: Norway's seal catchers lie idle rather than risk their lives for profits limited to 5%; berry pickers eat their blueberries rather than sell them and go up into higher income-tax brackets. Recently, with an eye on the polls, the Socialists dropped many of their austerity restrictions-"Like Salome," as one Conservative put it, "dropping her veils...
...which car to follow.) Counter-espionage is big business here. From the time any foreigner, from private citizen to ambassador, enters the country, his movements are known. A vast army of full-time and part-time informers keeps Turkish intelligence posted on who goes where, who meets whom, who said what. Turkey's jittery police often resort to drastic measures. Occasionally an Istanbul newspaper notes briefly and enigmatically that the body of a Turk or an Eastern European has been fished up from the dark waters of the Bosporus. One local definition of such events: "Death from over-interrogation...
...Kong. The British crown colony alerted its 40,000-man garrison, waited nervously for the arrival of the new Red neighbors. Hong Kong authorities let it be known that they were eager to resume trade with and air service to Canton just as soon as its new Communist masters said the word...
Prince Igor Troubetskoy, husband of ailing Millionairess Barbara button, announced that he would be a contestant in the Indianapolis 500-mile auto race next Memorial Day. Did Barbara approve? "Of course not," said the prince, "but she respects the freedom of the individual...
...Tobacco Tycoon James Buchanan Duke (Bull Durham, Duke's Mixture, Lucky Strikes) stood upon a hill three miles west of Durham, N.C. and silently gazed out over the wooded acres about him. Finally he turned to his companion and said: "This is the place...