Word: escorts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...strikes against the Reds' buildup areas and communications. In the wild mountains of Korea's east coast, 60 miles south of Wonsan, U.N. patrols moved in on Kosong (reportedly the eastern anchor of the U.N.'s proposed cease-fire buffer zone), while a destroyer-escort pounded the town from offshore. Further south and west, near Yanggu, U.N. infantrymen rested briefly after a savage, five-day fight for a 1.500-foot Red stronghold which Americans nicknamed "Fool Mountain...
...Escorts: "Just now, No. 1 escort is Mr. Billy Wallace, the young and conspicuously eligible son of Mrs. Herbert Agar. The Princess, who sees a lot of him in town, will be staying at his country home for the Goodwood races...
During the '30s, Nicholas Monsarrat was a budding British novelist. During World War II, he rose through the Royal Navy to command, in succession, three escort vessels, a corvette and two frigates, all on convoy duty in the North Atlantic. In The Cruel Sea, his first full-length novel since the war, Monsarrat writes a moving odyssey of the convoy...
...personal problem: to win the heart and support of his people. He has already inspired their loyalty and a certain affection. Among the crowds that jammed the streets at the end of his big day last week, a motherly Belgian woman watched the new King pass behind a prancing escort of mounted gendarmes in gleaming boots and top-heavy bearskin busbies. "Ah, le pauvre petit," she murmured. "All alone in his big auto...
...pair: Crooner Frank Sinatra and Cinemactress Ava Gardner. It was their first appearance together in the movie colony. Now that his wife has agreed to give him a divorce, Frank explained, it was perfectly all right. Said he: "It gives me great pleasure and pride to be able to escort Ava to a public premiere. I've cared for her a long, long time, almost a year and a half...