Word: miles
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Window. That afternoon, in chill, gusty weather, he slipped out of the embassy unannounced for a two-hour, three-mile stroll. State Department security men had to hustle to catch up, and got several sharp jolts. Seemingly a stranger to red lights, Mikoyan blithely walked across streets against traffic, brought cars to a screaming halt. On Fifteenth Street, a block from the White House, a heavy gust toppled a street light a few feet from Mikoyan, showering glass splinters around...
...Mile-Long Queues. In 1927 Joseph Joanovici emerged from the obscurity of the Balkans to settle down in the Parisian suburb of Clichy. In twelve years he progressed from a ragpicker's cart to become a millionaire and one of France's top scrap metal dealers. At the outbreak of World War II, 34-year-old Joanovici tried to enlist in the French army. Turned down because he was still a Rumanian national, he sent his personal check for $3,000 to War Minister Edouard Daladier to help the war effort...
Radio signals of the 1 1/2-ton projectile faded out as it passed the 370,960-mile mark and its 62nd hour aloft, in a headlong dash from the earth into man's greatest conquest of space...
...Interstate Commerce Commission ordered the Lehigh Valley Railroad Co. to maintain passenger service on its 1,130-mile system up to four months after the Jan. 12 abandonment date proposed by the road while it investigates whether the service should be continued...
Towels for Businessmen. Despite the buying sprees and the costs of opening new routes. Northwest has managed to hold down expenses. When Nyrop took over in 1954, operating costs per ton-mile were 31.2?, among the highest in the industry. By 1958 the figure dipped to 25.1?, more than 12% below the industry's average. Nyrop, who pared the CAA budget by $15 million and whittled CAB's mail payments by $13 million a year, cut costs at Northwest by poking into every detail. He turned up behind ticket counters, spent off-hours flying Northwest...