Word: aftermath
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Percival Wilde, 66, prolific playwright (The Aftermath, Mother of Men) and author of well-turned mysteries (Design for Murder); following a heart attack; in Manhattan...
...aftermath of General Motors' $70 million Livonia fire (TIME, Aug. 24), insurance companies are rewriting their recommendations for industrial plants. They will demand greater use of sprinklers, curtain boards and other fire-retarding devices...
While he was running Costa Rica in 1948-49 as head of a revolutionary junta, Jose ("Don Pepe") Figueres had his hands full with the aftermath of civil war, but he still found time to start turning his country into the moderately socialistic state he wanted. Figueres nationalized the banks, slapped a 10% tax on capital, raised wages by government decree. Complained one wealthy cattleman: "God made the world in six days, but look at what Figueres is trying to do in one night...
...cartooning, Cleveland Plain Dealer Cartoonist Edward D. Kuekes, for his drawing, "Aftermath...
...text of his address. He used fewer gestures than he ordinarily does; he paused reluctantly for applause as he moved quickly to the "one question" that, above all, weighed upon the free world: "The chance for a just peace." Why had the bright prospect of peace vanished in the aftermath of World War II? "The U.S. and our valued friends...