Word: shortly
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...defense budget. Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen termed the criticism "an awful thing . . . It is a reflection on the presidency of the U.S.-the grand captain of the greatest military effort the world has ever seen." In Chicago, Vice President Nixon said: "It is time to quit selling America short. We are not a second-rate country...
...liberation"' saw his death sentence reaffirmed by the NKVD; but he was released after 14 days in prison. In Soviet-occupied Hungary's only free election in 1945, the Smallholders Party won a resounding majority, later installed Father Varga as Speaker of Parliament. But political liberty was short-lived. In 1947, he fled to Vienna and was airlifted to freedom...
...case gives the volume a somber ending. With great eloquence, Boswell defends John Reid, who is accused of sheep stealing. The man is condemned to the gallows, apparently more because of poor reputation than any commanding weight of evidence. Boswell fights hard for a commutation but gets only a short stay of execution...
Friday's Footprint, by Nadine Gordimer. More short stories by an exception ally skilled author, who combines loving descriptions of Africa with often savage portraits of its white inhabitants...
Currently on a Shaw Travelling Fellowship, Kopit will cut short a Morroccan visit to see his play with a Feb. 4 audience that will include prospective agents, producers, and the theatre critic of Time...