Word: cutters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Batista had received intelligence of the landing, and disposed what must have been a large part of his navy to watch for the rebel ships. When Castro finally appeared, he was in a single motor boat, towing a barge, and flying a Mexican flag. A government coast guard cutter closed in, and the rebels, trying to escape, promptly ran aground on the shore. At this point a government fighter plane appeared and strafed the barge, so that Castro's men, numbering somewhere from fifty to a hundred, dived into the forest and dispersed. The Times happily labeled its article "Cuban...
After the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Council turned down his proposal to legalize a year at prep school for prospective service athletes, Navy athletic director Captain Slade Cutter remarked, "I guess we will have to operate a prep program, the way the Ivy League colleges...
What Captain Cutter probably objects to most of all is the recent spurt of "alumni recruiting" in the Ivy League, a facet of alumni activity which, by virtue of its unfortunate label, suggests an attempt to hustle unsuspecting lummocks into football uniforms before they or their parents realize what has happened...
...Christmas this year, Lockheed and most other planemakers, Continental Oil Co.. Diamond Alkali are mailing letters wishing one and all a very merry holiday, but please do not send any gifts to our employees. Boeing Airplane, U.S. Steel, California Packing, Cutter Laboratories, Morri-son-Knudsen Co. and Dresser Inc. have similar policies, though they do not send out a formal letter. Former General Motors President Harlow H. Curtice did not go that far in laying down a rule of thumb to guide his people but he did send around a memo that no G.M. man should accept a gift...
...Ceiling-to-floor (8 ft.) doors and windows that simplify building. They also improve air circulation, make the house's six rooms seem much more spacious. Another cost-cutter: African-oak floor squares laid directly on the concrete foundation slab; they are only half as thick as ordinary wood parquet flooring yet are just as durable...