Word: 34th
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...they could not stiffen his spine. And at each stage of Mossadegh's usurpation of power, loyal army commanders pleaded: "Say the word, O Shahinshah, say the word." The Shah increasingly resorted to barbiturates to sleep; his temples greyed, his hands trembled. One night last week, in his 34th year, his twelfth as Shah, his third in the era of Mossadegh, the Shah gave the long-awaited word. It was much too late...
...real desire for an armistice. This time the issue is left, more than ever, in their hands (see WAR IN ASIA). If the Communists really want a truce they can have it tomorrow, or any day next week, or any day in the next month or so. In this 34th month of the war, U.N. forces are doing almost nothing to force a choice on the enemy. When there is fighting of any moment along the line, the Communists attack, the U.N. defends...
...because 1) he did not seem to have an aptitude for law (in which case he would automatically have been sent to the University of Virginia) and 2) V.M.I., in his family's eyes, was much better than West Point. Young Lem was a reluctant student; he graduated 34th in a class of 58, still a private in the cadet ranks...
Professional at the Mid-Pines Club in Southern Pines (N.C.), Boros, 32, had never won a major tournament, last year was 34th in tournament money winnings with $4,697. But in his first Open (1950), he placed ninth behind Hogan. Last year, improving steadily, he was fourth. Boros now faces an ironic situation. Unless the Professional Golfers' Association waives-its five-year eligibility rulings, U.S. Open Champion Boros will not be allowed to play in this week's P.G.A. tournament...
...family have moved into a bungalow that was once a bookie joint. The lawyer winds up in a nightclub brawl with mobsters, but does such a masterful job of defending himself in court that he wins an acquittal. He also passes the bar examination and wins a 34th partnership in a Los Angeles law firm. Ruth Roman sums it all up when she says at one point: "We never should have left Montana...