Word: americanized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This is not only un-American and ungodly, but grows out of intolerance and ignorance, a poor basis for belief...
...grievous error seems to have crept into the thinking of the American people. This involves the idea that all we need for success is to get organized and wait for someone to "articulate a purpose" for us. This hen-and-chickens kind of thinking led the Germans into a disastrous war under the leadership of an articulate, power-mad Hitler...
...soloed the Atlantic in 33½ hours. Since then, the annual choice by TIME'S editors has become a journalistic tradition. The choice is neither an accolade nor a moral judgment: Hitler was Man of the Year in 1938. Nor is a symbolic figure ruled out: the American Fighting-man was the choice for the Korean War year of 1950 and the Hungarian Freedom Fighter was chosen for 1956. There have been two Women of the Year-Wallis Warfield Simpson for 1936, Queen Elizabeth for 1952-and Mme. Chiang Kai-shek shared the cover with her husband...
Coordinated by the American Booksellers Association, the advertisement was jointly paid for by 15 publishers and 126 booksellers (the names and addresses of 63 retailers appear in each of two geographically divided lists). This cooperative venture allows the advertisers to reach book buyers in a wide area, not merely the few major book-buying centers where publishers often concentrate their selling. Says Joseph A. Duffy, executive director of the American Booksellers Association: "It is well known among publishers and booksellers that a mention of a book in TIME leads to sales. In fact, TIME'S impact is regarded...
...sake of safety and schedule, the full presidential fleet that takes off this week will be made up of four aircraft (plus a chartered Pan American 707 jet for the press); two VC-137A plush versions of the Boeing 707 jet-the President's and an identical spare-and two turboprop MATS Hercules cargo planes carrying six skilled mechanics apiece and a variety of spare parts, including a complete, ready-to-install jet engine. The two cargo planes are assigned a leapfrogging schedule that will keep one of them always one stop ahead of the President. Eight specially trained...