Word: phantoms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Yalta, in the absence of any concrete U.S. or British proposals, Stalin was able to concentrate the German discussion on Russia's reparations demands ($10 billion in German industrial plants, rolling stock, etc.). Churchill protested: "We must consider the phantom of a starving Germany, and who is going to pay for that. . . ? If you wish a horse to pull a wagon you will at least have to give it fodder." Retorted Stalin: "Care should be taken to see that the horse does not turn around and kick you." Note the Yalta minutes: "[Stalin] obviously felt suspicious of the British...
Chicago pedestrians who believe in God could indulge, last week, in an intriguing fantasy-the Phantom Philanthropist might strike at any moment...
...industrial job. Up drove a two-tone green Buick, he says, and a man about 5 ft. 10 in. tall, weighing about 160 Ibs., between 45 and 55, got out and asked him if he wanted a lift. Patterson said he was waiting for a bus. "Well," said the phantom, "do you believe in God?" "Of course I do," answered Patterson. This time it was a roll of five $50 bills. "Take this as a blessing," said the stranger before he drove away...
...week's end Chicago police were scouring West Side streets for the stranger, though most policemen hoped that if and when they met the Phantom Philanthropist they would be alone and in civilian clothes, looking needy...
...often rated the most painful of afflictions, has been relieved for as long as two years by a drug called stilbamidine, taken orally or by injection, reported two Maryland doctors. Previous treatments (cutting a facial nerve or deadening it with alcohol injections) left the patient with no sensation or "phantom" sensations on one side of his face...