Word: fifth
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Addonizio knew Mafia Capo Ruggiero ("Richie the Boot") Boiardo or his son Anthony ("Tony Boy"). They also wondered whether he had discussed with members of the city council a contract awarded to the Valentine Electric Co., for which the younger Boiardo is a salesman. Claiming the protection of the Fifth, Sixth and 14th Amendments, Addonizio refused to answer every question put to him-including whether he was mayor and when he was elected...
...novel, The Comedians, Dahomey's chief claim to notoriety is its penchant for coups d'état. Since 1963, the tiny West African state (pop. 2,500,000 in an area of 44,290 sq. mi.) has experienced four coups, all bloodless. Last week Dahomey suffered its fifth coup in six years, but this time the takeover was not bloodless. When President Emile Zinsou, 51, an able, French-trained medical doctor, arrived at his seaside palace in his black Citröen limousine, soldiers opened fire with automatic weapons, wounding him and killing his two bodyguards. Then they...
...generals is Hasso von Manteuffel, who in 1944 led the Fifth Panzer Army, one of the two spearheads of the battle. Manteuffel, 72, now lives in quiet retirement near Munich. He told Cate how he and other officers under Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, Commander in Chief West, protested that Hitler had set an impossible timetable by ordering a two-day rush to the Meuse, 50 miles distant. "Das ist unwiderruflich [This is irrevocable]," said General Alfred Jodl, Chief of Operations at supreme headquarters, slamming his fist on a conference table. Manteuffel, a dedicated bridge player, suggested that Hitler...
...desperate Harvard forwards struggled with burly B. C. defensemen in the Eagle corners for possession, the last seconds ticked away to the accompaniment of a tumultuous roar that signaled Boston College's fifth consecutive victory, and its second straight over the Crimson...
...Johnson set a new bubble record of 7.5 seconds in the 60 highs. In the 1000. Army took charge early, holding the first three places. At the half-mile mark. Colburn jumped into the lead and, with one lap remaining, Shaw began a phenomenal kick that vaulted him from fifth to first place with a time...