Word: eighths
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...generosity. As adviser, errand boy and global troubleshooter for Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman, he has always been selfless, tireless-and available. When he was sworn in for his present job as director of the Mutual Security Administration, Presidential Secretary Matt Connelly quipped: "Averell, isn't this the eighth time you've been sworn in? It's about time you learned to hold...
...commander, watched his predecessor, General Matt Ridgway, fly happily off to the U.S., leaving Clark with a mess on his hands. Ample portions of blame had already been meted out to the two squirming brigadiers, Dodd and Colson, but some blame would undoubtedly fall on Ridgway and on the Eighth Army's Van Fleet...
...Immediate Ceasing." The Eighth Army sat on the story of Dodd's kidnaping for two days, then released the bare facts. Brigadier General Charles F. Colson was rushed to the island to take command. At Communist request and on Colson's orders, a telephone was passed through the barbed wire of Compound 76 and connected to a sentry box at the gate. Over this line General Dodd sent frequent bulletins on his treatment and on his parleys with his captors. He said they were treating him fine. U.S.-cooked meals were sent...
...ignored the deadline, but they set General Dodd free -"unharmed and in good spirits," according to Van Fleet's bulletin-11½ hours after the deadline, 78 hours after the abduction. Next day, wearing combat boots, fatigue cap and two pistols in his belt, Dodd was flown to Eighth Army headquarters near Seoul for a thorough chewing-out by General Van Fleet. In a press conference in which he read a statement but could not be questioned, Dodd said that any commitments made were "inconsequential...
Army's Dick Shea led the Cadets to a decisive Heptagonal Meet Championship Saturday at West Point. Harvard finished eighth in the ten team meet...