Word: equalling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...London's Daily Telegraph headlined, "Kramer Loses a Set," when he dropped one to Australia's Dinny Pails in the semifinals. It was the only one of 22 sets he lost all week. Said the Daily Mail's veteran tennis critic Stanley Doust: "I rate Kramer equal to Donald Budge, and better than Ellsworth Vines or Fred Perry...
...Bulgaria, Albania and Yugoslavia U.N. might need force to pursue its investigation of Greek border violations, it was painfully apparent that U.N. had no force to use; the international police force was still not in being. So long as Russia insisted that it should be made up of equal contributions of troops from each of the Big Five, it was not likely to come into being; under the Soviet plan the U.S., Russian and British shares could be no larger than China...
...sentences) considered whether or not Communism can be stopped by hanging its leaders, Iraqi Communists showed signs that they were still very much alive. Their secret presses, silent during the trial, got out a pamphlet protesting an "action which Hitler dared not take, and only the Franco regime can equal...
Every Ford worker, on reaching a retirement age yet to be determined (probably 65), will receive an annual income for life equal to 1% of his average pay multiplied by his years of service. Thus, at current rates, a typical worker could retire after 30 years on a $77-a-month Ford pension. If a worker dies before retirement age, his family will receive all he paid in, plus interest. Workers will contribute 2½% a year to the pension fund on earnings up to $3,000; over $3,000, payments will be 5%. The company's contribution will...
...unexpectedly, the pesky Russians are not yet overboard on the idea. The Soviet delegation would like first to see a more definitive decision on principles. Concretely, the Russian military will press for equal contributions in all categories by all the signatory powers, and may very well win its point...