Word: veteran
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Veteran U.S. Diplomat John Carter Vincent has long been No. 2 on Senator Joe McCarthy's list of accused Communists in the State Department. Last summer ex-Communist Louis Budenz echoed McCarthy's accusation...
Democratic Soft Spots. With this handicap in mind, Republican strategists are looking hard for some Democratic soft spots. They see one in Maryland, where Democrat Herbert R. O'Conor tested the political winds and decided not to run for reelection. Leading Democratic contender for his seat is veteran Congressman Lansdale G. Sasscer. The Republicans' hottest prospect: popular fifth-term Congressman J. Glenn Beall. At this stage, the Republicans are ahead...
...System Is a System. But it was not small talk and tiny deeds that made British diplomacy so successful. In a recent speech, Harold Nicolson, a scholarly ex-veteran of the Foreign Office, got to the point. "Continental critics and admirers," he said, "are united in the awe with which they regard the skill, persistence and flexibility that our diplomatists . . . have manifested in extracting advantage from the passions of less dispassionate countries...
...Sudden Death. Bad luck, bad weather and just plain fatigue dogged the competitors from start to finish. French favorite Michel Collange was just one kilometer short of the finish line when the brakes of his Simca coupe jammed tight. Just outside Mons, Belgium, Swiss Veteran Willy Berger apparently fell asleep at the wheel, smashed his Citroën into a parked truck, was killed instantly. His companion driver, André Hotz, was hauled off to the hospital where he later died...
...Downs. The Glasgow starters, after crossing the Channel by ferry from Folkestone, had better weather luck. British Motorcar Manufacturer Sidney Allard, along with Veteran Driver Guy Warburton, made good enough time to stop for two warm meals: steak and chips at Liège, bacon and eggs at Amsterdam. They hit the swirling snow between Le Puy and Valence soon after plows had cleared the way. They also passed a stalled Allard driven by Allard's wife Eleanor, in the race with her two sisters. Shouted Allard: "Are you all right?" Shouted Mrs. Allard: "No!" This bit of information...