Word: lined
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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JULY: LEBANON. When Arab nationalism, fanned by United Arab Republic President Nasser, blasted pro-Western Iraq out of the Middle East's dwindling pro-Wrestern line-up in one night's murderous palace revolution, the U.S. sent Sixth Fleet marines and Army paratroops into Lebanon at Lebanon's request to secure it from overthrow by Nasserite rebels. Results: the U.S. 1) stabilized the situation in Lebanon for a few crucial months at least, 2) demonstrated to its allies worldwide that it was able and ready to support them, 3) showed above all that the Russians, when confronted...
...civilian-controlled National Aeronautics and Space Administration. ARPA's Johnson recently stomped on NASA's big toe by publicly proclaiming the broad details of NASA's upcoming man-in-space Project Mercury. If anyone can survive the built-in hazards of the job, walk a straight line through the service detours and still know a scientific toe when he sees one, it is Herb York...
...badly described as 'the people,' "-he says, "but in the war I was completely disenchanted with the people in the mass, and by the same token developed a great respect for the individual. And I think I learned also the practical aspect of standing in line for something." Springfield (Mass.) Architect Francis Liberatori, 39, paratrooper (loist Airborne) who lost the use of both legs in Normandy, reflects something about a new quiet kind of patriotism: "I learned some useful things about men and about my country in the war. And those things I don't forget...
...Cake Line. In Philadelphia, a worker stopped off to pick up unemployment money from the company that had laid him off, told Employment Manager George Brobyn: "Hurry up; my cab is waiting...
...Morgan affairs as a partner of the giant Wall Street law firm of Davis Polk, so impressed J. P. Morgan Jr. that he became a Morgan partner in 1939. He became chairman in 1955, with a reputation for topflight banking and for building Morgan's staff. In line with Morgan's new look, Alexander does a lot of traveling, tells prospects: "When you decide to borrow money, do not forget your country cousin at 23 Wall...