Word: gooding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...only 999 sq. mi. After World War II, Bech saw his chance. When the Inter-Allied Commission on Frontier Correction asked Luxembourg what it wanted in reparations, Bech promptly replied: one square mile of the German forest area called Kammerwald. The Allies threw in an extra square mile for good measure...
...urge to turn back the clock is as strong among revolutionaries as reactionaries. Saddled wih the chaos and corruption of 14 years of freedom, many Indonesians yearn for the good old days of 1945, when life was violent but simple and all that had to be done was win independence from the Dutch...
...east bank of the Hudson River, the morning Herald Tribune has a daily circulation of about 351,000, has returned little profit to its new owner, John Hay Whitney, U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James's. This week, in the hope that what has been good for the thriving Mexico Ledger might also be good for the ailing Trib, "Jock" Whitney announced the surprise choice of Robert Mitchell White II, 44. as president and editor of the Herald Tribune...
...staunchest Republican newspapers. When White first talked to Whitney, he pointed out that he was a Democrat, was keenly interested in whether Republican Whitney wanted to turn the Herald Tribune into a better newspaper or merely into a G.O.P. mouthpiece. Whitney's answer was firm: he wanted a good newspaper. On that basis, Whitney and White were agreed. Says Whitney: "It happens that Mr. White is a Democrat, while I am a Republican. The paper will continue its policy of complete objectivity in its news columns and of independent Republicanism on its editorial page...
Downstairs & Upstairs. Starting the second half of the season, Washington led the majors in home runs (107), had a good chance of breaking the American League record of 190 set by the Yankees in 1956, and, with luck, might even top the majors' record of 221 set by the New York Giants in 1947 and equaled by the Cincinnati Reds in 1957. Twice last week Washington crashed three home runs in a single game. The amazing part of it all is that the Senators are challenging records set by teams loaded with power from top to bottom...