Word: marshallizing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Even that might be a long time for the Russians to wait; so swifter means were tested this week. In retaliation against the Western powers' new German currency (TIME, June 28), Marshal Vasily Sokolovsky proclaimed that the Russians alone had the right to determine what currency should be used in Berlin, issued "new" money of his own by pasting stickers on old reichsmarks. (Berliners preferred crisp U.S.-printed bills, called the Russian currency "Tapetenmark"-wallpaper money...
...beat hell," remarked an American MP later. A U.S. traffic patrol, consisting of a jeep and an armored car, promptly raced in pursuit. After a two-mile chase they overtook the limousine, leveled machine guns at it. Frantically the Russian driver pointed to the back seat and screamed: "Marshal! Marshal...
...Marshal Vasily Sokolovsky is a courteous man who likes Jane Austen's novels and earthy Russian proverbs. His favorite version of his favorite proverb before he walked out of the Allied Control Council meetings was: "I want to skin this bear before I shoot it." The bear is Berlin's city symbol. By this week, the Berlin bear looked pretty well skinned-and 3½ million Berliners wondered how close the Marshal's well-manicured finger was to the trigger...
...looked last week as though the committee had found more evidence of graft. An inspector in the Department of Supplies & Purchases was accused of having collected some $16,000 on faked bills. Inspectors in the fire marshal's office were charged with shaking down householders and businessmen, charging them $5 to $10 for permission to install extra fuel tanks...
...series of buffet luncheons under tents in the Yard. Eleven classes dating back to 50 years ago will hold official reunion spreads, and members of seventy other classes will be present for the day's activities. Special dignitaries of the day are slated for entertainment at the Chief Marshal's luncheon in the Fogg Museum...