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Word: divisionism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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As the U.N.'s General Assembly reconvened at windswept Flushing Meadow last week, most of the corridor talk among delegates centered around one topic: the Atlantic Treaty. What worried U.N.ers most was whether it had weakened U.N. Some thought so. The Russians, whose press was hoarsely denouncing the pact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: Voice of Conscience | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

The trouble with the Yankees was deeper. They had only two first-rank stars, Tommy Henrich and Joe DiMaggio, and both were slowing down. On top of that, DiMaggio's right heel had not healed to his satisfaction after last fall's operation for a bone spur. Said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: If Wishes Were Ballplayers | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

The Pittsburgh Pirates had climbed into the first division last year, with the help of bailing wire and Manager Billy Meyer; they still needed help at first and third. In St. Louis, the Cardinals had Stan Musial, now generally conceded to be the most valuable player in the game; they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: If Wishes Were Ballplayers | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

After the first flight tests, the new airplane (if still intact) goes back to the manufacturer with a detailed report. If he can convince the Air Force that its defects have been corrected, the Air Force buys several improved copies and turns them over to test pilots for final "evaluation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Man in a Hurry | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

Not Enough Money. The 90-odd pilots of the Flight Test Division, most of them based at Wright Field, have the highest prestige of any group in the peacetime Air Force. Slim, unshakably calm Colonel Albert Boyd, 42, chief of the division, picks his men with minute care. Their records...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Man in a Hurry | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

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