Word: height
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rate of build-up which U.S. forces in the Far East might now attain, they had little or no present chance of launching a drive northward against the Communists; 2) with the Communists still menacing other points in the Far East (e.g., Formosa, Indo-China), it would be the height of recklessness to be sucked out of position by committing all the U.S. strength in the area to the Korean battle. On the other hand, MacArthur did not intend to be pushed off the Korean peninsula and to be left with the appalling prospect of having later to mount...
...Levitt, that exaggeration is natural, and pardonable. At 43, the leader of the U.S. housing revolution is a cocky, rambunctious hustler with brown hair, cow-sad eyes, a hoarse voice (from smoking three packs of cigarettes a day), and a liking for hyperbole that causes him to describe his height (5 ft. 8 in.) as "nearly six feet" and his company as the "General Motors of the housing industry...
...garment center, the union posted a $25,000 reward for the capture of his killers; a few days later, tens of thousands of garment workers joined the funeral march (TIME, May 23, 1949) as 100 New York City detectives hunted the killers. The hunt was still at its height when Columnist Walter Winchell got into the case: from a friend "on the side of law and order" he learned the names of the two suspects, broadcast a plea to "B.M." and "J.G." to surrender. Later, the two men sought by the cops-Benedict Macri, a garment manufacturer whose shop...
Agents flipped out a photograph of Gold. He had an oval face, his height, weight and age matched Fuchs's description, he was of Russian parentage. But, on the surface, Harry Gold seemed an unlikely suspect...
...Average height (excluding...