Word: paceful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...knew that it had been spotted in the jungles east of the Canal. Now he ordered 75,000 doses of yellow-fever vaccine by B-29 from a Hamilton, Mont, laboratory. Spraying and draining and elimination of Aëdes breeding grounds were stepped up to the old Gorgas pace...
...opening performance of Kiss Me, Kate four weeks ago, he turned up in evening dress and settled himself happily down front in the midst of his large, glittering party. He was the picture of relaxed enjoyment, and a sight to amaze his fellow composers and authors, who generally pace, squirm and chew their nails backstage or in the lobby during a first performance. Playwright Russel Grouse once called Porter's composure at his own first nights as "indecent as the bridegroom who has a good time at his own wedding...
...Pace-Setters. The hunt was a case history in government by pressure. The hunters were Communists, Zionists, Wallaceites, liberals, deserving Democrats who coveted his job, and gossip columnists-a faction as mixed as their motives. Henry Wallace was one of the earliest pacesetters, sounding the accusatory note: ex-Wall Street Financier Forrestal, onetime president of Dillon Read, was a conniver in a capitalist plot to plunge the country into war. The Communist Daily Worker joined...
...pair of sophomores, Joe Kittredge and Phil Clark were outstanding for the Crimson. Third line mainstay Kittredge scored three times, twice in the wild final period, to pace the team in that department, and goalie Clark made some thirty saves, four of which were impossible...
Throughout 1948, a record number of workers (an average of over 59 million) were employed. Wages in general had kept pace with higher prices. Said the President's Economic Report: "Percentagewise, lower-income groups have enjoyed the larger gains." There had not been enough strikes to cause very much worry. Corporation profits were at a record high; in fact, having increased 16.6% over 1947, they were excessive, said the President...