Word: wente
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Some Western European Communists went home with the feeling that the display of foreign dissent might fan the embers of Russia's native discontents. One Yugoslav observer, doubtless overly optimistic, even hazarded the premature observation that "the conference marked the beginning of a legitimate opposition in the Soviet Union." The leaders of the Soviet Union show no signs of extending to their own people the toleration they temporarily granted their foreign comrades. There were reports last week in Moscow that Soviet security forces were harassing the 54 dissenters who had tried to send a petition to the United Nations...
...sailor, as I had been on the yacht for the first time, and, of course, a soldier, because I had been watching the Changing of the Guard. When I started shooting, I thought how marvelous it would be to be a big-game hunter. I went from one thing to the other until I realized I was rather stuck...
Adding to his unpleasant experiences was the "cherry brandy" incident, Charles' first brush with notoriety. During a cruise from Gordonstoun aboard the school yacht, the boys went ashore at Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis. Charles and a few others stopped at a hotel for a meal, and the 14-year-old Prince, annoyed by tourists who stared at him through the windows, fled to the bar. He had never been in one before, he recalled later, and "the first thing I thought of doing was having a drink. It seemed the most sensible thing." He ordered a cherry brandy...
...afterward, he was escorted to the Wayne County jail to be bedded down in Ward 512 with nine other prisoners. Early next morning he was taken to Chicago, to await hearings on his contention that his conviction for jury tampering was obtained with the help of illegal wiretaps. So went a rare glimpse of the outside world for Jimmy Hoffa...
...might be cheaper to sponsor him on the pro circuit with a first-year guarantee of $20,000 in expenses against 50% of his winnings. At first, it looked like a bad investment. After quitting the Army, Moody won only $12,950 in his rookie season. Despondent, he went for advice to Jim Hiskey, a former tour golfer now assigned to the President's leadership and prayer breakfast program. "He directed me to the Bible," says Moody, a Baptist who never smokes, "and taught me to say things to myself so I won't get nervous...