Word: starting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Personal Regards. From the start, partly because of a genuine distaste for meddling with a democratically elected government and partly out of a fear of what the Communists might do in retaliation, Prime Minister Nehru balked at taking action. When Kerala's governor finally sent in a report that things had got out of hand, Nehru still hoped to persuade Namboodiripad to resign in peace. Namboodiripad himself talked as if he wanted to-but was talked out of it by higher Red authority...
...under way it would provide free meals for all. pay wages to all, take care of young and old and bring to the people many other blessings." But within weeks the food stocks that the government had hoarded in order to get the communes off to a good start began torun out-and the peasants' disillusionment began...
Holler & Heroes. Tight races are nothing new in the National League. But what gives this one added zest is that it was unexpected: at season's start the champion Milwaukee Braves seemed to be shoo-ins. But the Brewers collapsed like the head on a beer, dropped 7 straight and landed in third place while the Giants and the Dodgers hustled like world-beaters...
Hookers & Hoofers. To get things off on the right foot, the paper opened the lists to all comers, said they might start either from London or from Paris and use any form of locomotion. The only hooker was that contestants would have to respect local regulations, e.g., the London law forbidding helicopter ascents from the street in front of Marble Arch. Added the Daily Mail, tongue only a trifle in cheek: Who knows? Someone might even find a way to improve the current travel time between Arch and Arc, which now averages about three hours...
Although it has taken sponsors a surprisingly long time to fall for Captain Kangaroo's charm, CBS has recognized it, and sometimes rued it, right from the start. Two years ago, when the network announced that economic pressures might force the captain off the air, 10,000 parents protested. CBS suddenly decided that the show would stay, since it was "an excellent public service." One CBS executive put it more bluntly: "We were terrified of the mothers...