Word: built
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Korean stalemate, he followed through with a second decision that put the U.S. back onto a logical policy footing. "This was the first time' in the history of our nation," says Radford, "that we didn't break up our military after a war. In fact, we built it stronger. We increased its strength with new weapons, new weapons systems and new tactical procedures...
...said a big buyer of steel in Chicago last week, typifying the subtle change that has come over the buying policies of U.S. industry. Cautiously, manufacturers are beginning to whittle their inventories, living off the fat they built up in booming 1956. Now they are buying closer to production time, gearing production closer to sales, taking no chances on the possibility of overloading and bringing on an inventory recession such as hit business...
Around this core, however, the play is built in a fairly routine way. Except for frequent trips in and out of a comfortable jail, the plot does not take the hero far. Nor need it. But the playwright might have steered clear of at least some of his many stock situations, which compete with abundant sets of uninspired lines in what seems to be a race for expectability. Even love rears its precious little head to add a tired touch of creeping sentimentality. And, regrettably, the author has felt satisfied with stocking the stage with a cast of cliches...
...McIntyre, recently retired chairman of the board of Standard Oil of Texas, was elected president of Four Corners, named for the oil-rich area where the borders of Utah, New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado meet. The new line will extend 600 miles from the area to Los Angeles, be built by Shell Pipe Line Corp. at a cost of $50 million. When completed at year's end, its initial capacity will be 60,000 bbl. daily, which could be upped to 160,000 bbl. by increasing the number of pump stations along the route...
...independent pig-iron producer (sales: $125 million), filling a post vacant since 1951, when Leigh Willard died. A West Pointer ('16) with a civil engineering degree from M.I.T. ('22), topflight Army Engineer Hoge served under MacArthur as first chief of the Philippine Corps of Engineers (1935), built the Alcan Highway (1942), was a member of the group that planned and operated Omaha Beachhead on Dday. He also commanded the armored division that captured the Remagen Bridge (first Allied bridgehead over the Rhine), went on to command a corp in Korea, finally served as commander in chief...