Word: tempoed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...libs: "We cannot recognize anybody's right to decide what in our program is in the spirit of Marxism and what is not . . . We do not need any certificates on our Marxism-Leninism." Only the Pole joined in the applause. And Yugoslav trade union boss General Svetozar Vukmanovic-Tempo minced no words when asked who was interfering in Yugoslav affairs. "Who?" demanded General Vukmanovic-Tempo. "Khrushchev-Nikita Sergeevich-that...
...traitorous, may well be killed. Some gangs sport ladies' auxiliaries, called "debs," who not only supply sexual favors but carry their gangs' weapons as well. In times of peace, the gangs and their debs frequent neighborhood community centers and candy stores. Their favorite pastime: a slow-tempo, pelvis-to-pelvis dance called "the fish...
...proof was plain enough: Saturday-night business has been dropping regularly for years. Henceforth, Longmont stores will stay open on Wednesday night for late shoppers, close early on Saturday night. Said a C. of C. member: "It was strictly a matter of yielding to the agrarian revolution and the tempo of our times." Added a farmer wistfully: "It was a great institution, and I'm sorry it's gone...
...like a kid gobbling popcorn. His self-dubbed "spontaneous creations" are flashy signatures squeezed in a frenzy straight from the paint tubes onto one-tone backgrounds. ¶ Edouard Pignon, who went from coal mining and a Citroen assembly line to painting Picasso-flavored landscapes, now adds a lyrical personal tempo to his semi-abstractions. A neat, natural talent whose 1957 oils convey the Mediterranean joy, light and life of a little resort near Marseilles, Pignon is currently on view both in Paris' Galerie de France and Manhattan's Perls Galleries...
...eyes caught fire and the tempo increased...