Word: stocking
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...every stop, Lodge repeated his stock campaign speech. "We Americans live in a world of dangers," it goes. "It would be folly to underestimate the shrewdness and the ruthlessness of the Russians. Chairman Khrushchev undoubtedly means it when he says he hopes to live to see the whole world under the red flag of Communism." To keep that from happening, the U.S. must keep up its military strength and, in addition, "win men's minds in three ways: first, through the power of our example at home; second, through joining with underdeveloped countries in a war on poverty...
...crisp good grooming, Shehu is known as the "Butcher of Albania" for his bloody suppression of anti-Communists as boss of Albania's secret police; at a 1950 meeting of the Albanian Cabinet, he reportedly shot an argumentative colleague dead over the conference table. His chief political stock in trade is his implacable hatred of Yugoslavia. Since Moscow's latest falling-out with Tito, this has apparently led Khrushchev to favor Shehu over Albania's First Party Secretary Enver Hoxha...
...week, it declared that the stables must be sold, but added the proviso that any of his heirs had first priority to buy. Karim himself is expected to be the first to be first in line with cash in his hand to preserve for the family the prime racing stock developed by Mme. Vuillier-la magicienne de l'Aga Khan...
...woes of Freedomland began even before the first spade of earth for the 205-acre playground was turned. A plan to sell stock to finance the venture flopped; William Zeckendorfs Webb & Knapp, which owned the land and leased it to Freedomland's promoter, the International Recreation Corp., had to buy 40% of the stock for $7,000,000. This financing proved too little-partly because builders overshot the estimated $17.5 million construction cost...
...Made $2,000,000 in the Stock Market, Darvas...