Word: halts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Rundstedt's command was a main spearhead in the conquests of Poland and France, and formed the stout southern arm of the Nazi thrust into Russia. But when the German attack in Russia slowed down, with winter coming, von Rundstedt counseled not only a halt but retreat. Hitler removed him. In 1942, with the U.S. in the war, Hitler made von Rundstedt Commander in Chief West, to prepare for the eventual Allied invasion of Europe. By 1944, says World War II Historian Chester Wilmot (The Struggle for Europe), von Rundstedt had lost the master's touch...
...treatment of its witness, but that is a small part of the whole investigation. The investigation, itself, has done more harm to American education than the dubious information has helped. The Committee uncovered a history of communist infiltration into education all right, but the narrative comes to an abrupt halt in the 40's. Besides Furry and one professor at Temple who may or may not be communist, the Committee found no one who is in the party today...
...Power Administration did make short-term contacts with private companies during the war, but the private utilities realize that if the power shortage continues, their rights to government power will be whittled away. The private companies want the "preference clause" repealed, and hope that the economy-minded Congress will halt construction of new power cables. This would mean that the electricity would be available only to those large utilities which could build expensive transmission lines. Most small co-operative companies would not be able to claim their share of the power...
...anchor chain, then hoisted anchor and headed for the open sea, 50 miles downstream. The five crewmen scrambled up from the tugboat and cut it adrift. Belching black smoke, the Raman gathered speed while her captain, Rifat Onder, turned a cold. Nelson-like eye to every signal to halt. From the docks a police message flashed to Bremerhaven at the Weser's mouth: "Stop darkened tanker heading for open...
Stop the Ship. Water Police Sergeant Ernst Mangold, a former U-boat skipper, was first into action. His nippy little launch slid alongside the Raman. "Halt," ordered Mangold, but the Raman plowed on. The cops fired a volley of Very flares and turned their searchlight on the tanker's bridge. Still no response from the Raman. Mangold and his men swarmed up the Raman's sides, only to be deluged by an avalanche of cold water from the tanker's sea hoses. Sergeant Mangold finally made it aboard and stomped to the tanker's bridge...