Word: freedly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Lincoln's appointment of General Fremont to command the Department of the West was most popular ... On Aug. 30, 1861, Fremont, without consulting the President, issued an astonishing, unauthorized order. It declared martial law throughout Missouri, ordered the confiscation of the property of the rebels [and] freed all slaves...
...over the world, "the case of Willie McGee" had become surefire propaganda, good for whipping up racial tension at home and giving U.S. justice a black eye abroad. Stirred up by the Communist leadership, Communist-liners and manifesto-signers in England, France, China and Russia demanded that Willie be freed. The U.S. Information Service in London, worried by English concern about the case, released an official statement of the facts. Not only Communists took up the cry. In New York, Albert Einstein signed a newspaper ad protesting a miscarriage of justice. Mrs. McGee, a captive of the Communists, addressed party...
Sheeler, whose wife had died during his twelve years in prison, was now 35. He had spent much of the time behind bars trying to educate himself; he betrayed no bitterness. Sobs shook his slim body when he was freed. But afterwards, he said, quoting a Chinese proverb: "He who seeks revenge digs two graves...
Resistance to the regime inside Albania has been getting outside encouragement. Despite antiaircraft fire, strange planes have been flying over Albania dropping leaflets with the message: "Long live Albanian liberty. Do not lose faith. You will be freed soon." After each leaflet raid Shehu's police try to hold residents indoors until all leaflets have been picked up. Sponsor of the leaflets is the Free Albania Committee, whose headquarters is in New York City and which wants to bring back King Zog, now in exile in Egypt. Who supplies the aircraft is a Balkan mystery. Yugoslavia anxiously disclaims...
...Towne (1950 sales: $65 million),has doubled production of materials-handling trucks since last June, expects to double it again within a year. Said Yale & Towne's Vice President Elmer F. Twyman: if all U.S. industry modernized its materials-handling, at least 1,000,000 men could be freed for new jobs or the armed forces, and production could be increased at least 10% without any new plants. Some prize examples of modernization...