Word: zito
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...faces were different, all right, as Committee Counsel Robert Kennedy called three men accused of being big-city pinball kingpins. But, as Kennedy expected, answers were the same: gruff Fifth Amendment monotones were rattled off by hard-eyed John Vitale of St. Louis, Michael Genovese of Pittsburgh, and Frank Zito of Springfield, Ill. Protested Zito with heavy accent: "I recline to answer." But other witnesses were more inclined. Among them...
Almost at once Queen Frederika displayed the relaxed charm which has endeared her to the people of Greece. In the open Cadillac, on the way into Washington, she helped Secretary Dulles into his overcoat. When someone shouted "Zito!" (Greek for long live), Frederika's pretty face lighted up with a smile. During the welcoming ceremonies in front of the District Building, the Queen gravely returned the impudent wink of a reporter. A few minutes later, under the White House porte-cochere, the President and Mrs. Eisenhower hurried down the steps to greet their old friends. "May you find...
Although raised in a Protestant family, June became a Roman Catholic at 18, and she took her new faith seriously. She was active in charity work, made generous gifts to Catholic organizations. Her personal life was not too happy. Her Catholic marriage to Trumpeter Jimmy Zito in 1947 ended after a few months. Later, when she fell in love with Dr. John Duzik, a Beverly Hills dentist, the church refused an annulment of the first marriage. In 1949, Dr. Duzik died in St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, a Catholic hospital run by the Sisters of Charity...
...Istanbul last week, the old and long-dying mistrust was set to rest: the old enemies were now allies. Schoolchildren waved paper Greek flags and shouted a newly taught word: "Zito!" (meaning "long live" in Greek) as King Paul and Queen Frederika debarked from the cruiser Helle. It was the first visit ever paid to Turkey by Greek monarchs. A gleaming white presidential train took the visitors off to Ankara for a station-side reception by President Celal Bayar and Premier Adnan Menderes. High point of the visit would come when the Greek monarchs placed a wreath on the tomb...