Word: generaled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...railroad siding, General Vladimir Petrov, chief of Russian rail transportation in Berlin, sweated in his greatcoat as he directed other Russian officers who hooked engines to stalled freight cars. In its second week, the railroad workers' strike against their Communist bosses had effectively tied up Berlin rail transport...
...West was not sanguine that Russia would accept this position. It expected no dramatic general settlement. But it felt reasonably sure that the Russians wanted a limited agreement. If so, at what point...
...humble thanks go to divine Providence, which, after formidable events which shattered the earth during the second world conflict and in postwar years, has granted humanity some improvement in general conditions...
What Day Is It? At midnight, Communist infantrymen commanded by General Chen Yi began filtering into Shanghai through the French concession in the southwest. The Reds moved as quietly as they could. In small groups they advanced slowly down the sidewalks of Avenue Joffre and Great Western Road, sidling close to buildings for protection against occasional fire from isolated Nationalist snipers. By 9 a.m. they had reached the city's skyscraper-lined Bund...
...rowdy days, some of the reporters carried pistols, and now & then a celebrating staffer took a shot at. the city-room clock; General Manager and Managing Editor Isaac Gershman put down the practice when a wild bullet holed his vest as he sat at his desk. Nowadays, a City Press reporter's life is less temerarious; though a juicy murder or a big fire still comes along to relieve the routine, it is mostly a hard-working job of covering the unexciting but important little stories that fill out the chronicle of the day. But Editor Gershman...