Word: april
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Zaim had lived bravely, perhaps, but certainly not prudently. He had been chief of staff in Syria's disastrous war with Palestine. After he seized power (TIME, April 11), he shot no one and jailed only a few, but in his 4½ short months of dictatorship he made many enemies. He offended Moslem religious leaders when he proposed that women give up their veils, gain the vote; he alienated the wealthy because he raised taxes, the merchants because he lowered prices. Nationalists were sore because he gave concessions to the U.S. Trans-Arabian Pipeline Co. and signed...
...Berkleys of Broadway. A whirling, tuneful revival of cinema's best dance team; with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers (TIME, April...
...Robert Ryan plays a courageous pug at the brutal end of a small-time fight career (TIME, April...
Champion. A glossy, sardonic portrait of a middleweight champ; with Kirk Douglas (TIME, April...
...echelon troubles during the past year, last week got a new president: Roy T. Hurley, director of manufacturing engineering at the Ford Motor Co. He was handpicked by Wall Street Investment Banker Paul V. Shields, who took over as Curtiss-Wright's chairman and chief executive officer last April. Shields wanted a man who could cut costs at Curtiss-Wright and lift its sales volume to a profitable level with an additional line of non-aviation products...