Word: bolds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...York came the bold and the fearful, the strong and the helpless of the world: first the sturdy Dutch traders, then French-speaking Walloons, Norwegians, Danes, Germans, Scots, English, and, on a slow boat from Brazil, 23 Jews. By 1644, just 35 years after Henry Hudson sailed up the great river that bears his name, at least 18 languages were represented in New York's babel of tongues. In the mid-1800s, more than 1,000,000 Irish, driven by famine, poured into New York, along with endless waves of Italian, German and Balkan refugees spilling out of revolution...
...Nations Security Council begins discussing the threats to peace resulting from Egypt's nationalization of Suez, few can deny that the international organization is facing one of the most critical tests of its history. Anyone who would predict a satisfactory outcome at present would be foolish indeed, but a bold stroke of Western diplomacy, combined with some reasonableness from the ruler of the Nile, could yet save the situation...
Start with No. Collins concentrated on high-precision, lightweight amateur radio equipment, soon branched into the growing market of airborne communications. The airlines and the Air Force came to know Art Collins as a bold researcher. In 1937, for example, the Federal Communications Commission had a rule limiting aircraft radio transmitters to 50 watts. Collins developed a 100-watt transmitter that he sold to Braniff Airways. Pink FCC violation slips piled on Braniff's desk, but after a lengthy hassle, the FCC finally permitted Braniff and other carriers to raise their power. Says Collins: "In this business, everything begins...
...Bold and the Brave. A war film with ideas that hit as hard as bullets; with Wendell Corey, Don Taylor, Mickey Rooney (TIME, April...
...Bold and the Brave. A war film with ideas that hit as hard as bullets; with Wendell Corey, Don Taylor, Mickey Rooney (TIME, April...