Word: gulf
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years after Korea, how much of all this had we succeeded in voicing to bridge the gulf in sentiment between Europe and ourselves? Militarily, economically, and diplomatically, our practical politicians and soldiers had flung across the gulf a network of rope-bridges. But there is no comparable progress toward that meeting of minds on political aims and goals that is the true Grand Alliance...
...that he is still a good risk. Paul Ryan, 52, was ready to build the longest (1,605 miles) and costliest (more than $140 million) pipeline in the U.S. It will be the only pipeline carrying refined petroleum products (gasoline, kerosene, heating oil, etc.) all the way from Texas Gulf refineries to the vast markets on the East Coast (see map). The Government considered the project so urgent to defense that it granted Ryan and his U.S. Pipe Line Co. a fast tax write-off on 25% of the construction cost, and gave him priorities for 211,000 tons...
...Hemingway has written about: 1) the place that now interests and excites him most, the Gulf Stream near Cuba; 2) a skill he knows and enjoys, big-game fishing; 3) a fundamental contest of life that has always fascinated him: a man of unquestionable courage, character and simple decency pitted against unconquerable natural forces...
...Gulf Stream, 600 feet down, a big marlin takes the bait. Joining his ancient skill to his failing strength, the old man plays him with care and respect. When his adversary leaps from the water for the first time...
...Standard (N.J.), Socony-Vacuum, Standard of California, Texas Co., Gulf; Anglo-Iranian, Royal Dutch-Shell...