Word: felted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Which One Do You Mean?" By war's end Milton Eisenhower had achieved all the recognition he needed. At an Abilene family reunion, with General Ike just returned from his crusade in Europe, a reporter asked Ida Eisenhower how it felt to have her famous son at home. Her sharp reply: "Which one do you mean...
Averell Harriman felt just the opposite. Himself a dedicated liberal, Harriman also felt beholden to New York's Liberal Party for the 264,000 votes that it gave him in his 11,000 win in 1954. The Liberal Party's candidate, and Harriman's, was onetime (1950-53) Air Force Secretary Thomas K. Finletter, able lawyer and an articulate man on the platform, but untried at the polls...
...Hussein, who only a year ago had accepted Egyptian command of his army after driving out the British, said he hoped to resume diplomatic relations with the nation that called him traitor. Some diplomats thought that Nasser would think twice about inheriting the creaky state of Jordan if he felt that Israel would fight to keep Jordan out of his hands. Nasser's economic and political difficulties in absorbing Syria (TIME, June 30) may also have persuaded him that out-and-out annexation of other Arab countries is a poor idea. Provided that he can bring the rest...
...Representatives. Originally put forward to bolster prices in five depressed industries (copper, lead, zinc, tungsten, fluorspar) -and incidentally win support for the President's reciprocal trade program from mining-state Congressmen-the $458 million support program ran into rough going after passing the Senate. Chief reason: many Congressmen felt that the bill would aid mainly those big international producers who are making money anyway and are doing most of the importing that has helped depress domestic prices. Another point not lost on a Congress increasingly mindful of the problems of inflation: copper, at least, appears on the road...
...were quickly run up to a simulated altitude of 38.000 ft., where the bends can be expected. They suffered none. Dr. Balke asked the men to do deep knee bends every three minutes (exercise speeds the onset of the bends, intensifies the pain). Still, most of them felt nothing. Physiologist Balke ordered five knee bends every two minutes. At this, most of the men felt twinges and began the descent to higher pressures...