Word: behind
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Behind the flinty monolith of his public image stands a suspicious and emotional man, whose impulsiveness is generally held in check. Last week, at 83, under the duress of his days and years, der Alte came to his loneliest decision. Suddenly and dramatically, the greatest German Chancellor since Bismarck signified his readiness to give up his powerful office after ten years, for the more honorific post of President. It was his own decision, and yet the emotional overtones of his act showed that he was reluctantly anticipating a painful reality...
They listened tensely for the sound of gunfire behind them, which would mean that the pursuing Red Chinese had clashed with the rearguard of Khamba tribesmen. Up front, scouts probed carefully to make sure Communist paratroops had not been dropped in the pass to bar their way. All of them-the 35 Khambas of the rearguard, the 75 officials, soldiers and muleteers-were charged with a solemn responsibility: to make good the escape from Tibet of the God-King in their midst-the 23-year-old 14th Dalai Lama...
...addition to hundreds of British and Canadian firms, an estimated 26 U.S. companies are operating out of Nassau suitcases. The Bethlehem Steel Corp. lurks behind a mahogany shingle reading, "The Registered Office of Bethlehem Steel Co. Limited, Overseas Underwriters Limited." Similar shingles hang outside Nassau offices of outfits such as Crucible Steel, U.S. Steel (which calls itself Navios), Whirlpool, Cummins Diesel, RCA, J. I. Case (agricultural equipment) and Grant Advertising. Outboard Marine International (Evinrude and Johnson outboard motors) has a staff of 55, including U.S. citizens, Englishmen, Canadians and a handful of Bahamian Comptometer operators. In air-conditioned comfort behind...
...Sudden as a quick kick, smiling Eddie Erdelatz quit as Navy's football coach after futilely protesting the number of restrictions on his team (e.g., the cancellation of special pre-term classes). He left behind a sparkling nine-year record of 50 wins v. 26 defeats, and a scramble for one of the game's best jobs...
...echo of some of the great works of Strauss's youth. At its dress rehearsal the 78-year-old composer said to a friend: "I can do no better." He had done better-in Rosenkavalier and some of the tone poems-but few composers have left behind them a more impressive last operatic testament...