Word: daiichi
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Dates: during 1951-1951
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...Duelist. All week long, in the somber, paneled office in Tokyo's DaiIchi Building once occupied by Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander Ridgway had directed the moves, as cool and poised as a duelist. Outside his office, the busy buzzers and flashing lights resembled a pinball machine. At every flash or buzz, an aide shot into action...
Last week he arrived at the DaiIchi every morning at 8, drove his subordinates without mercy. As each draft of each message to the Reds' came up from his joint planning group, he went over it word by word, referring often to the Webster's unabridged dictionary which he keeps handy, inserting a new word here, dropping an unnecessary phrase there...