Word: eyewitnesser
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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First sign of Japan's reviving interest in her military prowess was the publication of I-58, the story of the Japanese submarine which sank the U.S.S. Chicago. The first Japanese book about World War II that was not a tale of defeat, I-58 sold 100,000 copies...
Fiery Plunge. The X-17 is not intended to land safely or to hit a target. The effect of high speed on its nose is observed by instruments and radioed to earth while the missile is still in flight. No official leak has described its last moments, but an eyewitness...
It was not the first time that able, intense Gabe Pressman has made trouble for the authorities. Touring Europe on a Pulitzer traveling scholarship at 24, Columbia Graduate Pressman tried to crash the trial of Hungarian Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty, was told there were no seats left. He produced pictures showing...
"Shame on You!" Reported an eyewitness: "The people seemed suddenly aware that the Russians would not kill them, as though an order had gone out that there were to be no shootings by military units. They surged around armored cars, crying, "What are you doing here? This is our city...
A quick view of this fantastic life and a wide sampling of his work are given in this volume. Included are biographical notes, an album of photographs and excerpts from essays and novels, many autobiographical, e.g., Martin Eden, in which London saw himself as a "rough, uneducated sailor" who ends...