Word: 50th
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...When the Earth Moved This year marks the 50th anniversary of the 1956 revolt against Hungary's communist government and its Soviet-imposed policies. What began as a heroic student demonstration ended tragically with a Soviet invasion. TIME's Nov. 5, 1956, story described the hopeful beginnings of the uprising...
...likes to be called, was jailed for passing bad checks. He turned to writing for therapy, and when he was sprung, restructured himself into a one-man publishing house. Now, with a Bluetooth hands-free in his ear and a stack of books in hand, he prowls tourist-filled 50th Street, approaching anyone who seems to fall within his target audience. Last year Relentless signed a four-book deal with St. Martin's Press. Two of his books have been optioned for films...
...room, contemplating ways to undercut your friends’ (read: competitors) extracurricular ambitions, these people will have a litany of experiences that are both enriching and rewarding. But wait 10 years and see who’s laughing, when you’ve got your own desk on the 50th floor and they’re off “making a difference,” whatever that means...
Next month is the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian uprising, the first popular revolt against Soviet domination in eastern Europe. Young Hungarians took to the streets of their capital on the Danube to raise their fist against communist rule before being crushed by Soviet tanks. Back then, in the midst of the uprising, the editors of Hungarian state radio announced to the country's stunned citizens that they had been lied to about the state of the economy and the activities of the government...
...walked all the way to 50th St before going to Penn Station and catching the train home. I was so thankful to see my family again, but I found out my brother-in-law, Michael, who was a fireman in Midtown, had been somewhere in the south tower when it collapsed. Not even one tiny little piece of him was ever recovered. He left my sister and three kids, and that is what makes this so hard for me now. I worked in that building for seven years, and I spent more time there in those years than...