Word: eastern
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...games set the varsity's record back to 5-3-2, which means that only by a minor Act of God can it hope to overhaul either B.C. or Clarkson in the Eastern standings. The team has little to be ashamed of, however, for it turned in a creditable performance against a good Eagle team, with a fine goalie and two excellent defensemen...
...Committee also recommended that the NSA sponsor more conferences for colleges with similar interests and problems, as well as regional conferences, such as the Eastern College Seminar sponsored by Harvard and Columbia last December. There has been increased demand recently for NSA support in organizing and promoting such conferences...
Official Career. Sharing the legendary Armenian gift for trading, Mikoyan became Stalin's chief trade commissar at 30, overseeing not only Soviet foreign trade but also domestic distribution of goods. After World War II, he set up the Soviet economic apparatus for milking the captive nations of Eastern Europe. During the shifting struggle for power and survival after Stalin's death. Mikoyan shrewdly sided with Nikita Khrushchev when the other schemers from the old Stalin gang joined forces against the upstart. When Khrushchev won out, the wily Armenian emerged as No. 2 man, with the title of Deputy...
CUBA'S latest revolution was plotted in gunrunning missions off the Florida coast, in elegant Havana yacht clubs, in the man-trying mountains of eastern Cuba, and in the hushed offices of leading Havana lawyers. The men who made the revolt shared a common hatred of Strongman Batista, but had notably varied backgrounds...
Peace came to strike-bound Eastern Air Lines last week-at a high price. The line's 550 A.F.L-C.I.O. flight engineers, who went back to work after a 38-day strike, won a smashing victory. The company rescinded its earlier order that engineers must be pilot-trained to serve in jets, agreed instead to place a third pilot in its DC-8s, which will go into service next year. The line boosted the engineers' average annual pay by $1,200 to a top of $13,260, consented to an "agency shop" clause under which all engineers must...