Word: slices
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...round of "salami" tactics against Berlin, and last week proved him right. Fortnight ago, Party Boss Walter Ulbricht's East German regime declared a five-day period during which passes would be required of West Germans entering the city's Communist east sector. Last week, taking another slice, the East Germans made the pass requirement permanent for West Germans visiting East Berlin. Excepted from the rule: foreigners and native Berliners, who cross the border by the thousands each day to work in the east. "This will help to sober up the West German militarists," said Ulbricht...
Hardened Berliners took the new rule calmly enough: they had known worse harassment before. Mainly affected would be West Germans visiting relatives in Communist East Berlin, and so far the passes were easy to get. The nagging question in everyone's mind was how thick the next slice of salami would...
...your article on non-books, we propose similar designations in other categories: non-motion pictures (a big slice of Hollywood, all skiing, certainly Cinerama); non-newspapers (everything but the news); non-education (the list is too long to begin here...
...York Yankees' flinty Manager Casey Stengel got rained out of a big salute planned in Yankee Stadium for his 70th birthday. So he retired to the catacombs of Yankee Stadium for a slice of birthday cake and a stroll down memory lane instead, fondly remembering the day in the 1920s when he and some other big leaguers met Britain's King George V. Each player, upon being introduced to His Highness, was told to say: "I'm honored." The first few players carried off their lines perfectly. But not brash Casey Stengel. "When the King gets...
...left to choice. Auxiliary engines were not to be used, and contestants would solemnly swear to take aboard no supplies during the crossing. The club, somewhat surprisingly, approved. Soon there were 150 inquiries from adventurous yachtsmen as far away as California, and hungry would-be sponsors clamored for a slice of the publicity pie. RCA offered radios, Autolite supplied batteries, and Plymouth Gin solicitously insisted on stocking each boat with a "survival kit"-one part gin, one part vermouth, and a guide to martini mixing...