Word: sultanic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Voice broadcasts in 24 languages are carried by 38 short-wave transmitters in the U.S. and 19 relay stations at Woofferton (England), Munich, Tangier, Salonika, Honolulu and Manila. Voice stations are located in some exotic places: the transmitter in Tangier stands on a sultan's former hunting domain, and the slender blue-and-white transmitters near Manila rise elegantly from damp rice paddies. In a twice-daily air assault against Russian jamming, the Voice teams up with some 30 BBC transmitters. Voice broadcasts are also carried by domestic stations in more than 50 countries, including the French government network...
Died. Marshal Fezvi Cakmak, 74, Turkish defender of the Dardanelles in World War I, hero of the war of liberation that overthrew Sultan Mohamed VI ; after long illness; in Istanbul. The only Turkish general besides Kemal Atatürk honored with marshal's rank, Cakmak served as army chief of staff for 20 years...
Pitchfork & Pipe. The sounds carried to the nearby elephant barns. A frail, 58-year-old trainer named Rudy Muller heard them, came running to the arena with a pitchfork and an eight-foot length of iron pipe. He went inside, carefully locked the door, and advanced on Sultan. He stabbed the lion in the side with the pitchfork. The big cat winced and spun. Without a second's pause Muller smashed him between the ears with the pipe. The lion staggered, sat back on his hind legs...
Muller dropped his weapons, got his hands under May Schafer's arms and backed up slowly, dragging her body. Behind him the children inched away, too. They reached the door and opened it. Then Sultan rose and advanced. Muller stopped, and stared fixedly at the big cat. Sultan halted. Muller waited for a few more seconds. Then he coolly pulled the woman's body out of the arena, slammed the door, and locked it tight. May Schafer's neck was broken, and she was dead. Muller pillowed her head on an old shoe, and sent the hysterical...
...days later a fire captain put a single bullet from a 30-30 rifle into Sultan's head. That didn't help May Schafer's family. Said Michael: "I'd like to get out of this business. But what can we do? This is all we know and we have to earn a living. I guess I'll have to carry on mother's career...