Word: nationalization
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Yugoslavia the Marshall Plan and the Tito rule were being bracketed with a broad grin. A visiting diplomat asked a Yugoslav to tell him-in strictest confidence-how the nation felt about Marshal Tito. "One. hundred percent in favor," came the answer. The visitor's eyebrows shot up. "Oh, yes," explained the Yugoslav. "Just add it up: 95% for Marshall, five for Tito...
...military union and the direction of Belgium's Foreign Office, don't you think that's enough for one man?" But he finally gave in, promised to try to form a new coalition cabinet. Sensible Belgians agreed with a tart observation made by the Brussels newspaper, Nation Belge: "To save two heads, the government was decapitated. Was it worth...
...Hollywood, Bing Crosby, 44, was named the nation's favorite movie star, according to the annual poll taken by the trade magazine Boxoffice. Bing barely edged out Ingrid Bergman, 31, who had won the top spot for the past two years. Other favorites, in order of their popularity: Gary Cooper, 47, Claudette Colbert, 43, Clark Gable...
...kids sing cowboy tunes and spirituals, and the songs of mines and railroads. But mostly, their heads are filled with the heroes that grew as the nation grew. "It's more fun than arithmetic," said one eighth-grader. "I wish we had a blue ox like Babe out on my dad's ranch. I'll bet she'd dig him a stock pond just like she dug Lake Michigan...
...cubic feet of water that make up the Indoor Athletic Pool, Hal Ulen's varsity swimmers are burning up more energy per unit time this week than enthusiasts in any other sport in the nation...