Word: hanging
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Communists; it was also an important economic blow. The disputed planes (mostly C-46s and DC-38, plus six DC-48 and five Convairs), along with thousands of spare parts, are worth an estimated $30 million, the biggest piece of airline property in East Asia. The Communists expecting to hang on to the planes, had kept most of them carefully mothballed and in good condition. Hong Kong nervously got set for reprisals against British business...
...married, prospered, begat children, grew old, respected and respectable. But one son, Clifford, became a thief and a gangster. Three years ago, son Clifford, all his bravado gone, crept into his father's hut. He whispered that he had murdered a white Durban policeman, and blubbered: "They will hang...
...live grenade in Korea, thus saving the lives of men around him-Ronald Rosser received the Congressional Medal of Honor. His father, his mother, his wife (he was married six days before going overseas), and 19 other relatives stood on the White House lawn to watch President Truman hang the medal around his neck-the Misco mine and its employees chipped in to hire a bus for the family's trip to Washington. But, though bursting with pride, Crooksville was still a little incredulous...
...sword of Damocles hanging over our heads," moaned natty M.S.I. Chief Prince Valerio Borghese, and that is just what it is. For the moment, the government is content to let its bright new weapon hang for all to see. It let word leak out that next month's M.S.I, national convention would be permitted but carefully watched. Borghese sent word to the faithful to avoid the Fascist salute, the Fascist hymn and similar trappings...
...aircraft carriers were eligible to compete with ocean liners for the Atlantic blue ribbon, U.S.S. Lake Champlain would own it, to hang in her wardroom...