Word: korean
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Texas, renting them to the U.S. for the surplus wheat it had bought. Garvey's new C-G-F Grain Co. was aided by specific federal subsidy in the form of fast tax write-offs (five years), as good as any granted to defense-plant builders during Korean war mobilization...
...Congress' exclusive constitutional power to declare war has been so eroded that President Truman could involve the U.S. in the Korean war without asking Congress' consent...
...Four pilots, 2 demolition experts, 2 radiomen, 2 medics, 3 arms experts or suppliers, a dozen marines, 1 Hungarian Freedom Fighter, 3 Cuban (Castro) rebels, 1 Yugoslav guerilla, 4 Chinese, 1 Costa Rican, 2 Negroes, numerous Korean veterans...
...labor-saving device, estimated his costs to the penny. In his first development, he built 134 houses for $7,400 each, cleared only about $350 on each. Then, in 1953, to take advantage of the 10% down payment introduced by Congress for $7,000-or-under houses during the Korean War, he lowered his sights to a $7,000 house, contented himself with a $250 profit on each...
...What do you mean 'but?'" Jack Bowles continued the attack. "Maybe you are going to say that this happens only in the southern and "border" states? Or that this is only true of Negroes? Just remember what happened to the Korean-American, Sammy Lee. This athlete twice won gold medals for the U.S.A. in diving at the Olympic Games. The President himself sent him on a tour in the Far East. And why? So he would be an example of the absence of racial discrimination in America. And what happened to him when he came back? Because of the color...