Word: largest
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Crescent. On the third day, still stung by the discovery that an Arab street mob could jeer his name, Nasser in Damascus ordered up what his press unblinkingly called "the largest Arab anti-Communist demonstration ever seen." The crowd had been whipped up by Friday sermons in the mosques. It was given a martyr's pageant of its own, similar to the one in Baghdad: a lugubrious cortege for a wounded Iraqi captain who had fled Mosul when the revolt failed, and died in a Damascus hospital. Nasser crowed that "the banners of Arab nationalism" would...
...Shodas could aim high for their daughter, since by 1955 the family Nisshin Flour Milling Co. was the largest in Asia, with current sales totaling $93 million a year. Michiko joked with an uncle: "If Crown Prince Akihito were only a little taller, I might fall in love with him." Michiko (5 ft. 3½ in.) had several times seen the crown prince (5 ft. 5 in.), who also vacationed at Karuizawa...
...crucial question for Africa: Will its nationalist explosions frighten away foreign investment capital? U.S. firms that cannot wait for all the returns to come in are answering the question with cautious optimism. In December, New York's First National City Bank, the nation's third largest, established its second branch south of the Sahara, in Johannesburg. The huge Chase Manhattan Bank has followed suit. Vice Chairman David Rockefeller, 43, just back from a five-week African tour, expects to open up other branches in South Africa. "After that, we will be thinking about moving into the Rhodesias...
...snaps. M.C. Bill Wendell asked him if it was true that Robert Hutchins was once chancellor of the University of Chicago. What are the ingredients of a martini? His opponents went down on such questions as: What city, once known as San Francisco's bedroom, is the third largest city in California? What two states at what dates came into the U.S. before Alaska...
...year history, Mutual of Omaha has pioneered in many a new form of individual health and accident insurance, while making itself the largest such insurance company in the world. Last week Mutual, which has paid out more than $1 billion in benefits, took steps to grow even bigger. It launched a new hospital-surgical Senior Security Policy for people 65 and over. For $8.50 a month the Mutual policy will pay up to $1,600 in hospital or nursing-home costs, plus surgical fees. Already tried out in four states (Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas and Georgia), the coverage is similar...