Word: surprisee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When Segni took office, the four-party coalition which had dominated Italy since 1953 was falling apart. Wispy-white-maned Antonio Segni, who looks like a Shakespearean bit-player on short rations, seemed the last man in the world to repair it. To everyone's surprise, he promptly staged...
The count was two and two. Spraddle-legged in the batter's box, Yankee Shortstop Gil McDougald figured he was going to have to swing on the next one. In the split second that it takes a ball to travel 60 ft. 6 in. from the pitcher's...
Navy's victory over the varsity in the elimination heat was not quite as much of a surprise as it might appear to be. The Crimson's margin over them in Philadelphia was less than half a length and at the Sprints Love remarked that they had improved a great...
Dictator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla's barefaced drive to re-elect himself President of Colombia piled up enough opposition last week to bring it to a shaky halt. Joined to thwart the strongman's second-term ambitions, the Roman Catholic Church under Crisanto Cardinal Luque, the newly united Liberal...
For U.S. Steel Corp., biggest of the steelmakers, Chairman Roger M. Blough announced the best three months in Big Steel's 56-year history. With output averaging 95.7% of rated capacity, sales rose to a record $1.17 billion, some $66 million better than the same quarter last year; profits...