Word: beatings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...breathtaking speed with which he acted was explainable. Harry Truman had been considering the move ever since it became evident that the Jews had made up their minds to become an independent state. After the Smith-Molotov talks, Washington was determined not to let Moscow beat it to this one. Zionists were planning nationwide celebrations. Candidate Truman was anxious to have his name mentioned in the rejoicing...
Shirts On. That night, across the Mississippi river in Newport, Minn., about 200 raiders armed with clubs broke into the Cudahy Packing Co. plant, smashed equipment, turned loose more than 100 squealing pigs, then beat up company guards and maintenance...
...their heads. One Paris theory: that the U.S. would withdraw support from Western Union in exchange for a Russian promise to muzzle Communist parties outside Russia and the satellite states. The other, more widespread-guess among Europe's startled statesmen was that the U.S. was merely trying to beat Moscow to a propaganda pedestal: we-love-peace-more-than-you-do. But when Washington finally got around to "clarifying" its action, it turned out that both these schools of thought had vastly overestimated Washington's foxiness...
...Jamaica, last year's Preakness winner, Faultless, carried Calumet's devil-red and blue silks home by a nose in the Gallant Fox Handicap ($60,300). The horse he beat was his stablemate, Fervent (second money: $15,000). Calumet Farm's receipts...
...takeoff, the sound of roaring engines is heard, coughing a little at first with startling realism. The cabin vibrates convincingly. The monotonous beat of the guiding radio beam throbs in the pilot's headset. If the instructor chooses to start a fire in an engine, an alarm bell blasts, the pilot stops the engine, and the controls react violently. The crew must know instantly how to bring in a crippled plane, be able to find the runway with a blind-landing system. Even the squeak of tires is heard as the wheels hit the concrete on a landing...