Word: washerwoman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...world and the enormous, unavoidable impact of government not merely upon the whole economy but-through tax and credit policies, commerce regulations and contracts-upon the very obscure and nascent businesses she most prizes. It is as if Mrs. Jacobs postulated that the vitality and effectiveness of a washerwoman's work can be judged by the vehemence of her elbows, while neglecting to mention the existence of washing machines...
...washerwoman spy is but a tiny part of a vast, largely secret U.S., Vietnamese and Royal Laotian effort to detect, deter and destroy the primary funnel through which North Vietnamese men and materiel head for South Viet Nam. The Ho Chi Minh trail, a 200-mile "logistical wonder" according to U.S. officials, is a massive maze of roads, bridges, waterways and paths complete with primitive motels. In recent months its roads have been paved with crushed stone or topped with pressed laterite. Camouflages of bamboo and branch roof it over where the jungle canopy is balding. Bridges are often built...
...insulted his opponents: Sonny Listen was "an ugly bear"; Floyd Patterson was "a chump"; George Chuvalo was "a washerwoman." Last week, Cassius Clay reached a peak-of sorts. In Manhattan to publicize his Feb. 6 title fight with Ernie Terrell, he flew completely off the handle when Terrell casually referred to him as "Clay...
White Hope. Clay handled the publicity himself. He touted Chuvalo as "the white hope," nicknamed him "The Washerwoman" for his rough, free-swinging style. Patterson was "The Rabbit"; Cassius went so far as to visit his training camp and present him with a bunch of carrots. The campaign worked like a charm: every one of Madison Square Garden's 18,400 seats was sold three days before the fight, and sidewalk scalpers were getting $10 for standing-room tickets. Closed-circuit TV carried the fight to 51 cities across the U.S. and Canada-with Clay doing the between-rounds...
...Maxime himself plays Saint-Just. Other friends play Danton, Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI ("virtually a nonspeaking role") and the Comte de Mirabeau. The butt of the party is to be Bitos (Donald Pleasence), the local deputy prosecutor, an ex-classmate of Maxime's and the son of a washerwoman. He comes as Robespierre...