Word: stroke
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...becoming managing editor of the March of Time from 1941 to 1946, then joined Newsweek as a senior editor and six years later retired to write fiction, producing three novels, including Tower in the West, a parable of brotherly love, which won the 1957 Harper novel prize; of a stroke; in Siasconset, Mass...
...Founder Giovanni Agnelli consolidate World War I growth, deftly steered the company through depression, dictatorship and World War II, then, with organizational genius and Marshall Plan cash, embarked on a vast expansion and diversification program that resulted in $1.66 billion in sales last year at his retirement; of a stroke; in Marina di Pietrasanta, Italy...
Fear of Resentment. "As odious as his name may be to millions of Africans," said the East African Standard in Nairobi, "it is no light matter to send a man to certain death with a stroke of the pen." Calling for a "fair trial" for Tshombe, the Tanzania Standard warned the Congo that its actions could "further tarnish Africa's image. It could provide a precedent to hang like a sword of Damocles over other African leaders who openly support what, in effect, amounts to a blood lust." The U.S. has interceded with Congo President Joseph Mobutu to spare...
...Boer War guerrilla, captured a British journalist named Winston S. Churchill, a misfortune that Churchill subsequently observed "was to lay the foundations of my later life," when his escape within four weeks made him an instant national hero and prime parliamentary candidate back home; of a stroke; near Johannesburg...
...pros did their bit to beat themselves at Hot Springs. Texas' Mickey Wright, looking for her fifth Open title, shot an 80 in the second round; Louise Suggs, a two-time winner, pulled to within one stroke of Catherine-only to overshoot the green on the par-five, 534-yd. 16th hole and take a double-bogey seven. Playing methodical, unspectacular golf from tee to green and putting superbly, Catherine opened up a seven-stroke lead that put the tournament safely out of reach, despite a case of last-round jitters-six bogeys in seven holes. Finishing with...