Word: cornering
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...picture, Charles W. Plaisted, obviously a reader of TIME, was about to celebrate his 100th birthday. To satisfy our curiosity about Mr. Plaisted, who may be the oldest reader of TIME extant, we asked Jeff Wylie, chief of our Boston bureau, to see him on his farm at York Corner...
Clad in a simple khaki uniform without insignia, China's Commander in Chief and President rose to his feet from a sofa in the corner of the room. Slowly, without show of emotion, he made the announcement that all had expected: he would leave Nanking and go to his native home. Then in his choppy Ningpo accent he read from a formal statement...
...General Alva lost consciousness, his left hand opened and the wooden bullet rolled slowly into a dusty corner. The next morning he died...
Nipped in the Bud. Like a master switchman in a freight yard, he bossed the whole Santa Anita operation from his cupola, rigged up a battery of telephones to connect him with every corner of the enclosure. It has worked, so far. Original stockholders, who paid $5,000 a share, have been offered $62,500 for them. Besides paying out whopping dividends, Doc plows great chunks of money back into his gold mine-giving paying guests more comfort, beauty, entertainment and $100,000 races. This winter, at a cost of $400,000, he opened a fancy new lounge and restaurant...
...Wife: Oh, yes. I and the children go to this Baptist church on the corner. I am not a member, but if our oldest girl decides to join, I may join with...