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...Republican national ticket in 1952; 3) the Eisenhower heart attack of 1955, when Nixon faced the delicate task of assuming responsibility without appearing to usurp power; 4) the riotous Nixon visit to South America in 1958, which almost ended in his death at the hands of a Caracas mob; Sy the "kitchen debate" with Khrushchev during Nixon's 1959 mission to Moscow, and " 6) the 1960 campaign itself...
Cries of, "God, lookat dat big rat!" attracted several minions of the law. A squad car parked further down Holyoke St. Unsuccessful attempts to rub out the rat with hammer and broom drove the Yardling down the street. A howling mob of nearly 50 passers-by followed with shouts of "God, lookat...
...slums, the lack of employment and the ever shifting masses of people ill-prepared to live like sardines are reflected in the big city's high crime rate. The impression lingers in the public mind that crime in the big cities is still the special business of organized mobs. Chicago got rid of Al Capone, but it cannot get rid of Al Capone's body. The fact that there were 15 gang-style killings in Chicago last year-an unusually high number-helps sustain the impression.* Actually, the Chicago police look on the rise in rubouts...
...Time for Sentiment. For newsmen, Algeria has become the most dangerous assignment in the world. In January an enraged mob of Europeans broke the arms of a photographer for Look magazine who had snapped pictures of a race riot in Bab-el-Oued, an Algiers suburb. Last month, a French TV cameraman, James Bantos, was shot to death. Fortnight ago, Camille Pelletier of United Press International, emerging from a building in downtown Algiers, was set upon by a razor-wielding thug of the S.A.O., the Secret Army Organization, and viciously slashed about the face...
...debate between Orestes and Zeus. Zeus attempts to convince the hero to alone for his crimes, and though Electra is convinced of her guilt, Orestes resists. He silences the mob of towns-folk, tells them that he takes upon himself their sins, and, like the pied piper, leads the buzzing swarm of flies from the town...