Word: fifth
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...public furor in the U.S. over his slapping and abusing a shell-shocked soldier in a Sicilian hospital. (Technically, he remained head of the Seventh Army, but it was a phantom Army with no divisions.) For the old war horse, that was a bitter period. One day he visited Fifth Army headquarters before Cassino, borrowed Mark Clark's Packard, and in this conspicuous vehicle rode recklessly up to the front lines. When he could ride no farther he got out and walked, erect, though mortar shells were bursting all around. More than once, Patton had said that he wanted...
Tall, auburn-haired Dorothy Shaver began her career with rag dolls. Last week, from her $75,000-a-year job, she went to greater riches. She was elected the first woman president of Fifth Avenue's smart Lord & Taylor, to succeed Walter Hoving, president...
...retiring Walter Hoving prepared to undertake what he mysteriously described as "an amalgamation of department stores and other retail properties" outside New York, Lord & Taylor announced that plans would go forward for expansion inside the city limits. It will open ten branches in outlying metropolitan districts, a new uptown Fifth Avenue store, close to Rockefeller Center and Best & Co.'s new store. In carrying out this expansion, Dorothy Shaver will have the help of able Van Buren Sims, first vice president. What Dorothy Shaver's uptown store will look like, no outsider knows. But New Yorkers will expect...
...Detroit branch of Saks Fifth Avenue could not get enough $5,000 mink coats to satisfy the demand. Other big sellers around the country: "Plenty of Nothing" black lace panties for $25, alligator handbags for $150, negligees...
Both U.S. and Chinese counter-intelligence were aware of the fifth column. Said Lieut. General Tang En-po, National Government commander in the Shanghai area...