Word: victim
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Teleki on a park bench under the linden trees near Vienna's State Court. Nearby, as Teleki's lookout paced Jozsef Kertesz,. first secretary of the Hungarian legation. On other benches, stolid Viennese burghers dozed in the warm May sun. But when Teleki began talking to his victim, the dozing burghers sprang into action: they were Austrian security police. Teleki was grabbed on his bench; First Secretary Kertesz sprinted for a passing streetcar but was quickly collared and dragged back, weeping...
...unfortunate freshman got hit directly by a waterbomb. A Yard cop, standing near the soaked victim, commented, "You got more than Nixon got--you're the hero...
...attempted riot among freshmen fell victim to extensive advance planning by University Police and the Dean's office. No freshmen lost their bursar's cards in the quiet "riot," despite elaborate plans, which included a mimeographed schedule for the melee...
...recession played a large role. Said G.M.'s "Red" Curtice: "The automobile industry did not cause this recession. It is a victim of it. The recession began six months before it got to us. It is historically the case that a small decline in gross national product produces a much sharper decline in automobile sales. This is true because the automobile is a postponable purchase. The modern car is built not for one but for two, three and four buyers. Most of the cars on the road have a large reserve of unused mileage. People are using up that...
...over to an inspector of police, who began firing absurd questions at him: "You have a wife living in Paris. Is that right?" "So you yourself are a sculptor ... Is that right?" Before long, Sam, a bachelor and no sculptor, realized that he was in a nasty hole-a victim of mistaken identity...