Word: tasters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...uncertain future. A tire or tie-rod failure on a Mercedes-Benz, an army plot like the two Pérez Jiménez staged, or a simple slip-up by a guard or a food-taster might remove the strongman from the scene. Lacking democracy's orderly system for succession, Venezuela might suffer a turbulent struggle for power...
...here, entertaining our President. Of course, I had to sell all my Paramount stock before I could go on ... We were supposed to have smoked tongue for dinner tonight, but Senator Morse was not available . . . I see Senator McCarthy is here tonight [he wasn't]-with his food taster ... I first met the President ten years ago in North Africa, where he was a general. He had some authority then . . ." Said Guest of Honor Eisenhower, just before his exit: "I can't remember having a nicer time than I have had this evening...
Workman's Compensation. In Coventry, England, Richard Bell, professional beer taster, was fined $56 for drunken driving...
...cowing his countrymen, Trujillo has not escaped the occupational disease of dictators-morbid insecurity. He carries a pistol, frequently wears a bulletproof vest, is usually surrounded by bodyguards, employs a food taster. When he wants a drink, he calls for expensive Spanish brandy (Carlos I), has it sampled by others before he takes...