Word: nov
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...stranger stared at him, then brought forth a diplomatic identification card. Georgescu, describing the scene later at a Washington press conference, said he noted carefully that the card was made out in the name of Cristache Zambeti, signed by Secretary of State Dean Acheson, dated Nov. 5, 1951, and bore the title: "First Secretary to the Rumanian Popular Republic Legation in Washington...
...still another occasion, when TIME was preparing a story on Alaskan defenses (Nov. 6, 1950), says Atwood: "I got a wire almost a yard long. Some of the information was common knowledge up there, but the answers had to come from the commanding general at headquarters of the Alaskan Command before they could be printed. I knew he wouldn't want to answer them, so I just handed him the wire. When he started to read it, he blew his top. 'They want to know everything,' he roared. But I just kept asking him how to answer...
...company of the 9th Infantry which was ambushed first, at 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 25. The men of B company averaged less than a grenade apiece, and some carried as little as 16 rounds of ammunition. All but twelve of the men were without steel helmets. When the Chinese struck, the surprise was complete. B company quickly ran out of ammunition, but the Chinese seemed to have plenty. One U.S. lieutenant covered the retreat of his men by throwing rocks and canned rations, and the company fought with bravery throughout. But 26 hours after the battle began...
...Boshell, who unscrambled one of the biggest omelets in utility history as liquidator of Standard Gas & Electric (TIME, Nov. 17), putting together LeTourneau's earth-moving business and Westinghouse's railroad equipment made plenty of sense. Like his other buys, LeTourneau's earth movers dovetail nicely with Westinghouse equipment. By purchasing LeTourneau's major assets, instead of its stock, Boshell also increased his depreciation base by $18 million, will thus be able to write off half of it against taxes within ten years...
...reporter led to "constructive results," New York World-Telegram and Sun Reporter Edward J. Mowery, 47. Mowery's dogged work to free an ex-dime store clerk named Louis Hoffner, who had been unjustly sentenced to life imprisonment on a murder conviction, won Hoffner a complete pardon (TIME, Nov...