Word: vicious
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...never been an easy one. First formed in 1505 by Pope Julius II. who gave Switzerland the honor of supplying 200 mercenaries as his personal bodyguard, the corps was almost wiped out 22 years later when Holy Roman Emperor Charles V sacked Rome. In a short, vicious fight, 147 Swiss were killed, successfully defending Clement VII. The guard has not fought another major battle, but ever since has set itself such Spartan, fiercely loyal standards that even a U.S. Marine drill instructor might blink...
...subcommittee is holding the hearings, discovers that Leffingwell has indeed lied about his past, it would seem that Advise and Consent has already gone on too long with echoes from a decade of news headlines. But Author Drury now shows how vindictive his challenged President can be, and how vicious a Senator touched by envy, spite or just the power bug. Utah's Brigham Anderson is himself vulnerable, and when his enemies dig up a homosexual incident in his wartime past, they drive him to suicide...
...ruler in the Middle East when the British troops pulled out in the fall, 23-year-old King Hussein has held his shaky military regime together with his own courage and $50 million from the U.S. Nasser, caught up in a struggle for power with Kassem, has quit his vicious radio attacks on the little King, now talks of resuming relations with Jordan...
...sicknik mood and method range all the way from the wistful social desperation of Elaine May and Mike Nichols, who are barely sick at all-just an occasional mild symptom-to the usually vicious barrage of Lenny Bruce. Where Elaine and Mike meditate on the problem of a stranded motorist who has lost his last dime, or a boss quietly trying to drink a secretary into submission. Newcomer Bruce, 33, likes to defend Leopold and Loeb: ''Bobby Franks was snotty...
...Barrel. The Beacon's circulation reached its peak in 1949 (106,757 v. the Eagle's morning-evening average of 58,000), has since fallen off to 98,311, while the Eagle has built itself up to an 88,455 average. But the real result of the vicious war between the two papers is that both have settled to the bottom of journalism's barrel. Trying to outdo each other in sensationalism, they reach desperately for banner headlines, inflate in significant news, and spend most of their time shrieking at each other...