Word: nine
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...delivered the Chiang Kai-shek government's "profoundest regrets" for an ugly incident in Taipei, Formosa: a mob. angered by a U.S. Army court-martial's acquittal of a G.I. charged with voluntary manslaughter of a Chinese, stormed into the U.S. embassy and injured at least nine U.S. citizens (see FOREIGN NEWS...
...outburst, finally called out troops. From his mountain retreat at Sun Moon Lake in central Formosa, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek sped north to Taipei, called out a total of 33,000 troops, placed Taipei under martial law, imposed strict curfew regulations. Total estimated casualties: at least two Chinese killed, nine Americans injured, one seriously...
...Nine million acres of land went out of production...
...Calso insisted on the right to appeal deadlocked company-country disputes to the American Petroleum Institute. Even loyal Peronistas grumbled at that. At the same time, Perón turned angrily and senselessly against the clergy. He abolished religious instruction in public schools, and his toughs set fires in nine big Buenos Aires churches. His end was at hand...
...days." Throughout the industry, business was picking up. Magnavox, in a strong position because of its policy of sticking to higher-priced table models and consoles, reported its first-quarter unit sales were up and 20% over last year. G.E. had trimmed its line of portables from nine to six, table models from seven to six, and beefed up its higher-priced console models from eight to 13. In the rising optimism Motorola, Admiral and others were boosting their whole price line a minimum...