Word: layed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Nolen Jr.. 21. of Mt. Holly. N.C.. in charge of this pinpoint on 500 miles of West German frontier, had his .30-cal. machine guns dug in. his field telephone ready at hand. Beyond the barbed wire and strip of plowed land that marked the border lay the peaceful green hills of East Germany's Thuringia-and as close as 20 miles beyond that, as Sergeant Nolen knew, lay outposts of an elite, nuclear-armed Soviet army group of 20 to 25 divisions and more than 5.000 modern tanks. Nolen's key weapon was his telephone...
...nomination of Lewis Strauss went before the Senate's Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee more than three months ago-but the committee did not call Strauss up for questioning until mid-March. Chairman Warren Magnuson hinted at what lay ahead. "There are many, many questions," said Washington Democrat Magnuson, "and many subjects to go into." Last week the committee was still picking away at Strauss, had further hearings scheduled for this week...
Behind the thriving economy lay an even greater achievement: a state of mind and spirit that recognized long ago that good schools, expanding culture and economic development were too vital to be stopped short by a fight over integration. Like all Southern states, North Carolina met its toughest test after the Supreme Court's 1954 decision. But guided by able leadership, it did not panic. Instead it plotted minimum but legal compliance, went on to more important business-and in so doing soon put the crisis in reasonable perspective. Part of the credit was due to Governor Hodges...
...cold war, Castro emphasized that his heart lay with democracy-but he ducked when asked if he would fire Communists in his government...
...series in 1956, now gives eight concerts a year at $8 for the full subscription. With occasional foundation windfalls he just about breaks even-not counting the endless, unpaid hours spent screening new scores and rehearsing. Nowadays he finds that it is easier to sell modern music to lay audiences than to musicians: "Most musicians stop with Debussy; that's the last 'new' music they learned to play...