Word: teared
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...information. Heavyweight champions, like Spartan warriors, are supposed to leave the field of battle carrying their shields, or riding on them. But Sonny Liston-indestructible Sonny Liston-had quit without even standing up to say goodbye. Liston's corner had an explanation: Sonny had suffered a painful muscle tear in his left arm, swinging and missing in the first round -"an honest injury," it was called after a hospital examination. That was enough to satisfy the Miami Beach boxing commission, which released Liston's $250,000 purse-only to have it attached by federal...
...Thank you for putting Couve de Murville's picture on the cover of last week's TIME Magazine. This will enable thousands of people like me to tear it up, burn it, or even step on it. How dare France call Taipei the government...
...extended to five new cities last fall, a jokester writing in Le Figaro saw it as a step toward the ultimate solution of driving problems in France. By hauling cars everywhere by rail, he pointed out, there would be an end to highway accidents, driver fatigue, and wear and tear on highways. For those who dislike driving in town, the old city streetcar lines could be reactivated to permit the hauling of cars by rail. Best of all, it would also be possible to remove perishable items like tires and batteries, and even motors. "Thus," Le Figaro concluded cheerfully...
...fire to the Braniff and Pan American Airways buildings, the Sears Roebuck store and a Goodyear Rubber plant. The USIS office was destroyed. In the city of Colón, 38 miles away, another well-coordinated riot erupted. Along the border, Zone police tried to disperse the crowds with tear gas, fired in the air, at last lowered their aim. General Andrew P. O'Meara, commander of the U.S. Southern Command, sent Army troops to the border. Snipers from the Panamanian side started picking off the G.I.s. Six soldiers near the Tivoli Guest House were seriously wounded before...
...fielded a Round Table of diplomatic knights-Sir Harold Caccia, Sir William Hayter, Sir Con O'Neill, Sir Pierson Dixon, Sir Frank Roberts, among others-whose rare talents have been superbly supported by the smooth, articulate technicians of Whitehall. The government has not yet said when it will tear down the Foreign Office. Indeed, if it should change its mind and spare the old building, it could well argue that some of the world's wiliest diplomats have come from palazzos-if not from slums...