Word: sy
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...happy to be able to say that I found the Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics Institute course extremely helpful to me. It increased my reading speed and rate of comprehension tremendou'sy. To be able to read quickly and retain the essence of the material is particularly important to me since the amount of reading I must do daily as a senator is voluminous. I feel that the course has been of great benefit to me in my official work...
...Died. Sy Devore, 57, Hollywood tailor who designed status-symbol clothes for those who had arrived, charging Jerry Lewis $300 for a cognac-colored dinner jacket, and William Holden $200 for a silk jump suit, best known as the creator of what he called "the Ail-American Suit," a $350 set of threads honed down to essentials-no cuffs, no belt, no handkerchief pocket; of a heart attack; in Beverly Hills, Calif...
Mike had been hooked when Producer Sy Weintraub offered him a seven-year deal that "will make you as rich as a whole backfield." How hard the money was to come by he began to realize as, groggy and red-eyed from an all-night flight, he stepped off the plane at Rio to meet the press and the heat. Both proved overpowering. Expected to exclaim about the charms of the carioca moças, Mike could only grunt about the weather. Next morning the papers smirkingly conjectured, "Maybe Mike Henry doesn't like women." Then, even faithful chimpanzee...
Tension developed between the two religious groups recently when Buddhists demanded the execution of Catholic Army Major Dang Sy, who is awaiting trial for giving the orders to fire on Buddhist demonstrators in Hué last year. Earlier the Buddhists had insisted that no mercy be shown to Diem's jailed brother, Ngo Dinh Can - who was executed even though Lodge privately pleaded with Buddhist leaders against the death penalty - or to Can's aide, Lieut. Phan Quang Dong, who was shot before an enthralled crowd of 8,000 in the stadium...
...Major Sy's case, Catholics angrily argued that he had only followed superiors' directives to keep order, and Catholic army officers circulated leaflets warning of serious trouble if Sy was shot. Although the Buddhist hierarchy now speaks of leniency for Sy, fear of a clash persists. Khanh, a Buddhist, has taken pains to antagonize neither the Catholics nor the Buddhists. But he is angered by the Buddhists' lack of support for his regime...