Word: gaps
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Chinese seemed to be shifting strength eastward. The Allies, who all week long tried vainly to close a gap in their lines east of Unsan, feared a massive attack aimed at splitting their forces farther apart. These fears deepened when the Communists finally came to life with an artillery and mortar barrage. But no enemy attack followed the shelling. This week the Allies at last established a continuous line with the help of the newly landed U.S. 3rd Division...
...pulling away from me-but I wasn't closing the gap either. I was at the extreme effective firing range, but when I saw I couldn't gain on him I led him with my sights and held down the gun trigger. After two or three seconds of my fire his engine section area began to smoke and then his engine exploded. The MIG pilot did not get out, and his plane went into the ground...
...Abroad, non-defense spending should likewise be cut. For with increased outlays by the U.S. to win local wars and build up defenses abroad, "there will be little more need of Marshall aid ... Exports will shrink as our labor and materials are diverted to the defense effort . . . The dollar gap will be filled...
...gap in the line resulted when the offensive right tackle, Duke Sedgwick, resigned from the squad for personal reasons...
...importance for national defense and other purpose. Can we afford a two-year hiatus in college and professional training? Would there necessarily be such a hiatus in the production of scientists, doctors, etc. if every one were taken into national service for two years at eighteen, or could that gap be made up by shortening college or professional training or otherwise...