Word: surprisee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Where did Squillante's power lie? Perched on the witness chair, the tiny, bespectacled racketeer politely pulled the Fifth Amendment to more than 100 questions, but the committee's evidence appeared to be solid enough. As a member of the so-called Mafia (the ancient Sicilian vendetta society...
As part of its participation in Argentina's Twelfth Annual Aviation Week at Buenos Aires, the U.S. offered faster-than-sound joy rides in an F-102 fighter. For protocol's sake, the first invitation went from the U.S. commander, Brigadier General Paul S. Emrick, to President Pedro...
The stock market had closed, and the streets of Manhattan's financial district were rain-soaked and half-deserted when word came of the Federal Reserve's decision to reduce its discount rate. Wall Street was caught completely by surprise, but it acted fast. West Coast markets were...
Author Kerr goes on to spoof interior decorating, domestic pets, diets and operations. It's a pity that she does less of what she does best, literary parodies. She confines herself to a hilarious take-off on the morose moppet, Franchise Sagan (TIME, Dec. 10, 1956) and an equally...
Jury of Three. The choice of Lopez Mateos came as something of a surprise. Three other Cabinet Ministers-rightists in the P.R.I.-were considered the leading contenders. But in choosing his successor, Middle-of-the-Roader Ruiz Cortines listened long to ex-Presidents Lazaro Cardenas and Miguel Aleman, who control...