Word: spiked
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...human pincushion'," one of several who appeared in vaudeville at the turn of the century, let as many as 60 pins be stuck in him anywhere except the abdomen and groin. The climax of his show-business career was a crucifixion in which an assistant hammered a sharp spike through one of his hands, was ready to carry on with his other hand and feet, but the show had to be stopped because too many members of the audience fainted...
Perry Como Show (Sat. 8 p.m., NBC). Guests: Pearl Bailey, Guy Lombardo, Spike Jones...
...first moves back in the capital was to spike all talk of an autumn election (TIME, Aug. 27). St. Laurent assured the Liberals that he was ready to lead an aggressive campaign next year. "If I feel then as I feel now," he said, "I'll want to go to all parts of Canada." St. Laurent began a new practice of taking a different Cabinet Minister or official home to lunch with him every day, to talk politics and government business over the meal. He also drew up an ambitious schedule of personal appearances for every weekend during...
...Prepare My Pyre." To spike Desai's guns, Ahmedabad's students promptly called a janata, i.e., a "people's curfew," for the day he was to speak. At dawn large bands of students began to swarm through Ahmedabad's streets warning shopkeepers to close up for the day. Only people with "passes" signed by local Socialist leaders were permitted on the streets and pigtailed girls of 15 or 16 stopped pedestrians to check on their passes. By midafternoon the student curfew was almost 100% effective, and at 4:15, shortly before Desai was due to speak...
Died. Count Nikolaus zu Dohna-Schlodien, 77, wily, spike-bearded German sea raider whose auxiliary cruiser Moewe (Seagull), disguised as a cargo ship, twice ran the British blockade, destroyed an unequaled 50 vessels between 1915 and 1917; of a heart attack; in Rosenheim. Germany...