Word: hand
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Acheson told what the U.S. was doing in Persia. A military mission with about 50 officers and enlisted men advises the Persians on problems of military administration. The mission's presence has been requested by Persia and is covered by an agreement registered with the U.N. Also on hand is a U.S. police mission, composed of twelve officers and men, who went to Persia in 1942 under Colonel Norman Schwarzkopf, former director...
Living Jobs. Hustling, hard-driving Fred Bohen is a cheerful insomniac (he sometimes works until 4 a.m.) who likes to tackle tough advertising accounts himself, drops into retail stores to find out first-hand who is buying what, and barrages his staffs with ideas. He has also stopped the presses when struck by a better idea. But Bohen and Vice President Meredith (who helps manage the business side) usually let veteran Editor Frank McDonough, 43, run things...
...Smirking with satisfaction, drooling with superiority, a look of pre-eminence over all other mortals . . . plastered on their faces, they might have been entering Paradise . . . Suddenly a peanut-shaped head, surmounted by a military haircut and decked off with a magnificent pair of long moustaches, rose above them . . . one hand slipped into his overcoat and the other folded behind him, a la Napoleon . . . Comrade Stalin stood posed before the saints and worshippers...
Rivera is building the temple by hand, and by inches, with five Indian helpers, putting into it a good part of the money he gets for his easel paintings. Upstairs will be a studio for himself and atop that a thatched, high-gabled roof in the Mayan style. He hopes to do some sculptures himself after he has moved in, to decorate the outside of the building. "But I have not much time," he says matter-of-factly. "Before I finish...
Last year, said Joe O'Connell, the Post Office paid the airlines $94 million in mail pay; in 1949 the bill might run to $125 million. This, he conceded, "is not small change by any means. On the other hand, it is considerably less than what we are spending to support the price of potatoes." In view of the airlines' importance to the economy and to national defense, he thought a good air transport system would be cheap at many times the price. But he favored the Hoover Commission's proposal that subsidies be plainly labeled, instead...