Word: eastern
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hunched on the eastern shoulder of Manhattan, the grimy crest of Coogan's Bluff glowers across the Harlem River toward The Bronx. All day, traffic snarls past its littered slopes. Torn newspapers rustle in the limp breeze that swirls along the dirty asphalt of Eighth Avenue; street urchins scuffle in the dust and cadge quarters under the rusty shade of the elevated tracks...
...overlook the plight of their ill-doctored countrymen and do not actually discourage transfers to Communist Germany. Said the association's secretary general, Dr. Joseph Stockhausen: "When doctors . . . ask us about the contracts the Communists are offering, we try to explain the terrible needs of the Eastern zone-as well as the risks. What else...
...uniform period of overseas duty in the Far Eastern stations for servicemen of all arms. "As it is now, those branches of the service have different periods of service, and that causes a morale and personnel problem that is serious." <| Consideration of stepped-up use of surplus U.S. agricultural commodities to aid the rehabilitation of the Republic of Korea...
After his ride, fast-flying President McGinnis said: "If enough Eastern roads get together, we can jointly order on a wholesale basis. In that case, I'd place an order within months...
...several hours in Manhattan last week, the presidents of the four biggest eastern railroads met with the train builders of ACF Industries to discuss a radical train. The roads: New York Central, New York, New Haven & Hartford, Baltimore & Ohio and the Pennsylvania. The train the railroaders had in mind was similar to ACF's swift "Talgo" express, which has been running for four years on Spanish railroads (TIME, April...