Word: america
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Laski-was firm in defending the rights of admitted Communists to teach, and hold other positions of employment. "As long as the Communist Party is legal in America, and has not been declared unlawful by an act of Congress, Communists, if efficient, have as much right to hold a job as anyone else," he declared...
...alumnus was producing Chinese films; another had become a ballistics expert; three were fanning in Maryland. There were also an able seaman, an organizer for the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union, a professional Marine Corps officer, and a researcher for the State Department's Voice of America program...
...most parts of North America the warm, smoggy air would continue to rise and the winds would disperse it. But Los Angeles' upper air, instead of getting progressively cooler at higher levels, has a peculiar temperature inversion. There is a warm layer, usually at 1,000 to 3,000 ft., which sits on the smog. Prevailing winds from the Pacific High cannot readily blow the heavy cloud away to the east because of the mountains which half ring the city...
...Deeds. When the war gave U.M. & M. its big chance to expand, shrewd Jake Schwab was ready. At war's end, he kept right on expanding. Now his empire includes 33 companies, stretches from the U.S. (twelve weaving and finishing plants) and Canada (one plant) to South America, where U.M. & M. now has three plants...
...history and geography of the sea and ocean areas of the earth and their affect on commerce, communication, and the spread of culture." Emphasis will be placed on the study of security and progress of the United States in view of the mid-oceanic and insular position of North America relative to other lands...