Word: sam
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...does the mighty Uncle Sam feel now? Not so pleasant to be expropriated instead of the supporter of expropriation is it? I wrote to you two years ago telling you that the U.S. would regret the betrayal of its allies at the time of Suez. Now you know how the British and French felt when Nasser with the support of the U.S. stole the Suez Canal. The price America is now paying is only part of that she will suffer for setting the precedent for international brigandage...
Arnold Palmer, U.S. Open and Masters champion, was a heavy 3-1 choice to win: aging Ben Hogan and ageless Sam Snead were the sentimental favorites. The oddsmakers failed to figure the crushing impact of the course-or that Jay Hebert was overdue...
...back when Stevenson was asked about Truman's on-again, off-again attitude toward attending the convention: "The trouble with Harry is that he's indecisive." Added Actor-Director Jim Backus: "It is a disgrace that Harry Truman is not coming. It's the same as Sam Snead not going to the Republican Convention...
...reminded his listeners: "What [democracy's] critics now affirm is that its preferences are inveterately for the inferior . . . Vulgarity enthroned and institutionalized, elbowing everything superior from the highway, this, they tell us, is our irremediable destiny; and the picture-papers of the European Continent are already drawing Uncle Sam with the hog instead of the eagle for his heraldic emblem...
...forbearance toward Castro, the U.S. last week found Latin American nations not yet willing to side with the U.S. against him. Among workers, peasants and students in Latin America, Castro is still regarded as a legendary hill fighter against tyranny. His professions of land reform and his pulling Uncle Sam's beard made him still more popular. As one Peruvian worker put it: "The gringos don't want to see Latin countries shake themselves free of their claws. That's why they're trying to topple Castro...