Word: furtherance
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hauled into court, Leader Silver was given 90 days in jail (or a $100 fine), the others 30 days (or $10) each. Said the judge: "A frightening attempt to intimidate the occupants of a household, a flagrant violation of the privacy of the home." Most Detroiters agreed. While the pickets...
Through European capitals flew rumors that the Foreign Ministers had agreed on more than they said they had. Most persistent: that Byrnes engineered a deal under which Britain got trade concessions in Italy in return for a further recognition of Russian predominance in the Balkans. Officials denied these reports, but...
Some other Americans were mad. Former Assistant Secretary of State Adolf A. Berle, one of those presiding at the Vesey Street hearings, said that the U.S. had "some direct responsibility in the matter." But the U.S.'s official protests had been in vain and Washington was not prepared to...
Pfizer brought the price of penicillin down from $20 per 100,000 units to less than $1. This chemical miracle was primarily the work of John L. Smith, the practical-minded chemist who now runs the Pfizer Co. Smith, a shy man with an intense dislike of publicity, was born...
Much of the Ruhr's food used to come from eastern Germany, now in the Russian zone. The British will not get industrial production on the upswing until there is either 1) real economic cooperation between the zones, or 2) acceptance of the split, followed by a positive U.S...