Word: came
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Germans invaded Russia in 1941 he was appointed political commissar on the Moscow front, and in 1942 when the city was saved he was handed high military rank. He took over from Stalin himself as Minister of Armed Forces in 1947. Vasilevsky, a medal-shingled career soldier who came to the top in the war, distinguished himself at Sevastopol, Voronezh, Stalingrad...
...reaction came quickly. From Peiping, instead of its former station in north Shensi, the Red radio* crowed that Communist Boss Mao Tse-tung, his secretariat and the party's Central Committee had moved to China's ancient cultural capital. Peiping had officially become Communist China's No. 1 city. Here, the voice of Red China continued, five Communist leaders would meet on April 1 to discuss peace terms with the Nationalists...
During the week 640 pleasure-bent visitors arrived from New York aboard the luxury liner Queen of Bermuda, 1,323 more came in by Pan American clipper and other airliners. Confident that 60,000 tourists would flock this year to their shops and hotels, their pink beaches and hibiscus-hedged lanes, a few Bermudians had even given hotel prices another boost as the spring season opened...
...higher prices themselves for their imports from England. But there were some who suspected that automobiles and inflated prices were spoiling the old place. "They're killing the golden goose," growled an old U.S. visitor. "It costs us 150% more to live here than at home." A warning came from H. J. ("Jack") Tucker, manager of the Bank of Bermuda: "Tourists don't need to come here." Some Bermudians had bought West Indies real estate to the south, with a view to clearing out before the bust. But for the time being, with more & more tourists ready...
...Washington, where he is serving as temporary chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General of the Army Dwight Eisenhower came down with a "severe case of acute gastro-enteritis," had to cancel all dates. After a week in bed, he was able to get out of town for "a complete rest" in Key West...