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Word: compartmentation (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Two days after the explosion, B.E.A. officials made a startling announcement. The Viking, they said, had been struck not by lightning, but by sabotage. Government explosive experts examined the plane, reported that the explosion was caused by a bomb concealed in the toilet compartment, probably in a cabinet used for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AIR AGE: A Pale, Blue Flash | 4/24/1950 | See Source »

After the airline crash in Quebec last autumn which took the lives of three Kennecott Copper Corp. executives and 20 others (TIME, Sept. 19), investigators turned up shocking evidence. The crash was no accident; it was planned murder. To get rid of his wife, who was aboard the plane, a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: The Gallows | 3/27/1950 | See Source »

On the dead man's body were his dip-Ipmatic passport, personal papers, $180, and Bob Vogeler's silver cigarette lighter. In his compartment, luggage and attache case were intact. No signs of robbery or struggle were evident.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRIA: Murder on the Express? | 3/6/1950 | See Source »

The Arlberg-Orient is one of the Continent's glamour trains, a storied track for international diplomats and international intrigue. Karpe had Compartment ll of the Bucharest sleeper. There were six other passengers in the car, including two friends, Secretary John Oliver Wright II, of the British legation in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRIA: Murder on the Express? | 3/6/1950 | See Source »

Neither the Wrights, the king's messenger nor the messenger's guard saw Karpe return to Compartment ll. "I would have seen him," said the guard later. "I kept the door of my compartment open purposely to watch the girls pass by-it's an old habit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRIA: Murder on the Express? | 3/6/1950 | See Source »

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