Word: secret
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...disgruntled president of the Malayan Chinese Association, Dr. Lim Chong Eu, wrote a "secret" letter to the Tengku (which was soon leaked), demanding 40 seats. Answered the Prince angrily: "Your action in presenting me with an ultimatum at this late hour is really a stab in the back...
...spot, forced to choose whether to give way or to break up the Alliance, the Chinese party called a hurried meeting of its general working committee. In a secret vote 89 delegates voted to continue in the Alliance, with 60 opposed. Hurrying to the Tengku with the news, Lim mopped his brow as the Prince, pressing his advantage, demanded that the Chinese party expel "irresponsible members responsible for the crisis." Then, as a small sop, he promised that the number of Chinese to be named on the coalition ticket would be raised from...
...President of Cuba had already been picked that afternoon at a secret meeting in Havana's Camp Liberty, with no civilian ministers present. Castro and the band of leftists and Communist-liners who hold down all of the top army jobs vetoed two leading choices as too pro-U.S., voted to hand the presidency to Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, 40, an obscure country lawyer. In his old job as Minister of Revolutionary Laws, Dorticós had the humble job of drafting decrees. In his new job (he cut the salary to $2,500 a month...
...swimming, an activity they both enjoy stripped to the waist. Then he switches to a sausage maker's two daughters, seduces one in the bathroom, the other in the bedroom. Soon, Joe and one of the hot-dog girls are fleeing for Canada. Joe's guilty secret has been discovered, and the cops are closing in. A burst of machine-gun fire finishes Joe, his girl, their problems and the movie...
Mixing propellants from drugstore or agricultural chemicals is just as perilous. A.R.S. entrusts its members with a long list of dangerous combinations, urges that the list be kept secret so that youthful amateurs will not get any new ideas. Particularly touchy are propellants that must be mixed hot. Another bad actor, already well known to most kids: ordinary household match heads, which are apt to explode disastrously while being crammed into a makeshift rocket chamber...