Word: move
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...allegory, the President recalled that he had once, as Supreme Allied Commander in World War II, asked Washington to send him "a certain corps commander." Back came word that the officer was so crippled that the doctors "won't assure you that he can move around." Said Ike, by his own account: "You send the man and I will send him to battle in a litter because he can do better that way than most people I know." Officer identified subsequently by the White House: Lieut. General Troy H. Middleton, who led Eisenhower's VIII Corps...
...Florida's first public school integration move, the Dade County school board last week voted unanimously to admit four Negro pupils to an all-white Miami elementary school next fall. The board acted without waiting for court pressure, thus reduced to five the number of Southern states that have made no move to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court's 1954 decision: South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana...
...Sans Souci. He also keeps an eye on the Capri casino, where his associate is Mobster Charles ("The Blade") Tourine. Gambler Joseph Silesi. wanted for questioning after the New York barbershop murder of Top Hood Albert Anastasia, is casino manager at the Hilton. None of the mob makes a move without consulting Miami's Meyer Lansky, 57, gangland boss of the southeastern U.S. and board chairman of the Havana show...
...Moscow. Against such fears stood the new reconciliation between Greece and Turkey over Cyprus (see FOREIGN NEWS), which tended to downgrade "anti-Turkish" charges against Metropolitan James. One of the Cyprus reconcilers: James himself, who in London last week helped swing Archbishop Makarios behind the agreement, then prepared to move on to New York for his, formal installation...
...started. In Philadelphia, for example, 10,000 units have been authorized over the last few years, and 5.000 of them are not yet under construction. Cities are having trouble with rising costs and finding suitable "intown" sites.. Says Cincinnati's former Mayor Charles P. Taft: "You cannot move people that fast...