Word: combatting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...task of finding ways to combat the effects of nerve gas has occupied doctors at the Army Chemical Center, near Baltimore, Md., since the end of world...
Furriers also blame the weatherman for falling sales, and have taken action to combat the slump. Instead of full-length coats, they now emphasize smaller pieces, such as stoles, short jackets and neckpieces, which can be worn on warm days. They have also put fur to work in earrings, cuff links, sweaters and even bow ties. Said Executive Secretary Irving Genfan of the New York Master Furriers Guild: "We're putting fur on everything except...
...victory. The chronicle begins with Eisenhower's invasion of Normandy, which opened the land approaches to Germany and made Hitler's defeat certain, though not easy, quick or cheap. Churchill tells the closing episodes of the battle story fairly placidly, with a minimum of criticism of the combat commanders, and a minimum of attention to their quarrels (although in one place he does say that Omar Bradley's postwar criticism of Montgomery-TIME, June 18, 1951-was "unfair...
...Democratic Digest was born "to combat the one-party press." At first this seems silly, since it consists mostly of reprints of pro-Democratic articles from newspapers. But a closer look shows that the bulk of the reprints come from but a handful of papers: the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Sacramento Bee, Washington Post, New York Post, etc. So, the Digest's real purpose is to circulate the Word in areas Democratic newspapers don't reach...
...gorgeous rut." It takes Baker two weeks to complete a TIME cover. He commutes to New York every other Wednesday to deliver a portrait and pick up his next assignment. During the work on a cover, he walks a mile before breakfast and does elaborate calisthenics to combat easel fatigue. The one exercise he hates is mowing the lawn. He is seriously thinking, he says, of planting the entire area with green concrete of rough texture...