Word: closers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...into engine trouble just off the territorial water. She would try once more tonight. The operation was set up again and again they waited. This time the boat did come, but as she neared the shore she ran afoul of some rocks and was unable to come any closer. She began to heavy. To unload these men, women and children by small boats would take too much time. The ship was in danger of capsizing and it was late. A scheme was hit upon. Ropes were thrown from the dock and secured on shore. Members of the shore party went...
...Jewish participation, it was hoped). In London the Jewish Agency dickered for release of its leaders in Palestine, in return for a promise to suppress terrorists. Arabs announced a plan (unacceptable to the Jews) to make Palestine a permanent Arab state; nevertheless, behind the scenes, Jews and Arabs were closer to compromise than they had been for months...
...long weeks the break finally came. All last week, while the country waited, both sides in the steel strike maneuvered. Then, at week's end, the Government made its move. It boosted its offer to 13? an hour. With holiday pay and other concessions, the actual raise was closer to 16? an hour, slightly more than the strikers' final demand...
...presidents of Guatemala and El Salvador met, agreed to name three commissioners each (the other republics were invited to do the same) to draw up a plan by next March for closer Central American union. Guatemala's President Juan Jose Arevalo, who had seen his 1945 proposals for customs union stalled by local interests, spoke again for action. "This is the moment for firm decisions," he said, "not half-baked ones...
Help from the Army. Most of the passengers were too badly hurt to be carried through the bush to nearby Wolf Lake, where PBY planes were waiting. And no plane could land closer. Only helicopters could do the trick, and the nearest helicopters were 1,175 miles away in the U.S. At Elizabeth City, N.C., the Army dismantled a helicopter, flew the parts to New York. Another helicopter was waiting at LaGuardia Field. Both were loaded into C-54s and flown to Gander, reassembled...