Word: winners
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...national unity" against Communism. Bowing to the best hope for peace. Cruz Salazar accepted the offer of M.D.N. participation in the Cabinet, an ambassadorial post for himself. Some militant M.D.N. Congressmen cried sellout, but enough will probably go along to give Ydigoras his majority. With the confidence of a winner, the general began expertly easing off on campaign slogans against foreign influence in Guatemala. He talked earnestly of the great need for foreign capital, praised the U.S. for "generous help." He promised political freedom, ''security for capitalism." help for the poor, and a continuing fight against any Communist...
...mixture of wild celebration and savage fighting. Cheering crowds ran through the streets waving banners and screaming "Libertad!" at the top of their lungs. They raided the offices of the pro-Pérez Jiménez newspaper El Heraldo, ransacked the building where the strongman had been declared winner of the plebiscite. They burst into the homes of the strongman and his officials, carried off furniture and set fires. Thirsting for revenge against Pérez Jiménez' Security Police, they stormed through the narrow streets leading to the three-story police barracks. When they arrived...
...Christoff (who played Philip II, Don Carlos' father), both singers were ready to fight. They drew, and Verdi was forgotten as the prop swords swished with real abandon. The impromptu dialogue was splendid: "Criminal! Madman! You're trying to disembowel me! I'll crack your skull!" Winner: Corelli, who got only a scratch, sent Christoff sulking off with a bloody hand. Boomed the basso later: "He was standing too close; simply to make him draw back, I touched his sword with mine." Declared the tenor: "I was no longer faced with my father, the King of Spain...
...Breezing home by 4½ lengths, Travis M. Kerr's bay colt Round Table easily won the $156,990 Santa Anita Maturity. At Florida's Hialeah, 1957 Kentucky Derby Winner Iron Liege lugged 124 Ibs., and, even with Hotshot Willie Hartack up, finished second to Happy Hill Farm's Kingmaker, carrying 116 Ibs., in the $30,-650 Royal Palm Handicap...
...Canada's Liberal Party, out of power since its upset defeat by the Conservatives last June, met in Ottawa lastweek to pick a new leader. The delegates' choice: Lester Bowles ("Mike") Pearson, 60, former Secretary of State for External Affairs and winner of the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in creating the United Nations Emergency Force for the Middle East...