Word: hitting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Arthur Radford, 63, four-star admiral (ret.), former chairman (1953-57) of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and one of the finest U.S. military minds, was recalled temporarily as a special Pentagon consultant to help pinch-hit for J.C.S. Chairman Nate Twining, who will be out at least another five weeks while recovering from lung-cancer surgery...
Without wasting a minute, George tipped off a London newspaper. When the news hit The Hague, the court hit the ceiling: the whole thing was too reminiscent of the Queen's strange attachment for Greet Hofmans, the faith healer who became a sort of a nuisance in the palace (TIME, June 25, 1956). Unable to dissuade the Queen from granting the audience, her advisers hit upon a scheme that at least might assure the nation that she would not succumb to any spell again. It surrounded her with a protective guard of some of the nation...
...Sort of Sick." Hardest hit U.S. companies are Atlantica del Golfo (with 500,000 acres), the Rionda group (500,000), Cuban-American Sugar Co. (330,000), United Fruit Co. (270,000). But since the law also prohibits anyone from owning more than 995 acres of farm land or 3,316 acres of ranch land, many Cuban operators will suffer. Castro promised that he will reduce his own family's 2,178-acre farm to the new legal limit...
...South Atlantic. There a squadron of C-54 transport planes treaded expectantly in the lower air. Soon one of the crews saw the bright glow made by the nose cone's reentry into the atmosphere. A parachute opened, and the cone drifted down to the sea. When it hit the surface, a small balloon inflated automatically, keeping the cone afloat. Guided by the C-545 and a homing transmitter in the cone itself, a destroyer fished the cone out of the water. It was the second consecutive nose-cone recovery after a shot of intercontinental range, providing data...
...inventories were also building up faster than expected. The figure: an accumulation rate of $5.7 billion, or $1.7 billion more than the early estimates. Much of the buildup was undoubtedly due to fears of a steel strike. Ward's Automotive Reports cautioned that auto dealer inventories may soon hit an alltime high of 1,000,000 unless production is cut back in late June and July...