Word: sterne
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...carry more weight with the Tory Party and with Macmillan personally than the sibilant, stern Lord Salisbury. Besides being relatives by marriage, Macmillan and Salisbury have been political allies ever since 1938 when Salisbury, along with Anthony Eden, resigned from Neville Chamberlain's government in protest at British appeasement of Mussolini. When Suez and ill-health drove Eden from No. 10 Downing Street last winter, it was Salisbury, together with Sir Winston Churchill, who persuaded the Queen to name Macmillan Prime Minister instead of "Rab" Butler (who had once supported Chamberlain's appeasement...
Earlier in the week Aramburu stilled another feud by replacing Finance Minister Roberto Verrier, who had forecast huge trade and budget deficits and had urged stern austerity (TIME. April 1). To salvage at least part of Verrier's plan, Aramburu chose ex-Banker Adalberto Krieger Vasena. 37, who promptly vowed to work toward austerity but "with adaptations imposed by the course of events...
...interesting to note that stern Critic Fadiman himself did much to forward the cause as Headmaster of the Quiz Kids by conscientiously addressing the unseen audience as "Folks...
...Democratic Party's 455-to-86 Assembly majority to enact a whole series of laws curbing the press and restraining political discussions, the tough-minded Premier has pushed his all-out campaign to expand Turkey's productive capacity so far that Turkey is heading for a stern economic reckoning...
Next night Fenton arranged another boat trip to "a very unusual nightclub" that he was sure his friends would enjoy. This time he brought along Daniel Rios, a waiter at their hotel. On the way, as the old couple sat restfully in the stern of the boat, the waiter and the travel agent stepped back to chat. Just as the tourists looked up, they were attacked and beaten to death with a baseball bat and a length of chain. The guests were stripped of money and about $18,000 in jewels, their bodies wrapped in chains. Then the hosts dumped...