Word: 52nd
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Three thousand delegates representing 6,400,000 members of the Labor Party were gathering in Margate for their 52nd annual conference. "It may be that now and again somebody will say rather rough things," forecast black-browed Aneurin Bevan before descending on Margate with his Bevanly host. "[But] don't let anyone make any mistake . . . When we have had our row and made up our minds, this movement is going to be a solid, united movement...
Protecting Greater New York against a possible sneak air attack is the dreary chore assigned to gunners of the 52nd Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade. Looking to a cold winter, the Army brass decided to give the 52nd-housed in drafty canvas tents-a better deal in living quarters...
...that prefabs assembled by soldiers took work away from union members. The unions threatened strikes on other vital construction. The Army faltered, retreated from its housing plans; some Arctic-type tents were ordered. Last week the G.I.s began to store the crated prefabs. While the wind shrieked outside, the 52nd was back under canvas...
...screech of ancient street cars. While Sriramulu lost weight, Andhra lobbyists tried to convince Nehru. As Gandhi's dis ciple, Nehru knows the political value of a prolonged fast, but unlike the British, who eventually quavered under Gandhi's persistence, Nehru stood firm. On Sriramulu's 52nd day, Nehru warned: "This method of fasting to achieve administrative or political changes will [put] an end to democratic government...
...took third in the Yale-Princeton meet this fall, leading the team to its first Big Three title since 1942. He finished eighth in the Heptagonal meet and 52nd in the IC4A championships...