Word: pan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Asia's suffering cities, by virtue of its peculiar sanctity, destiny and tragedy, was a focus of world drama last week. Jerusalem, the thrice holy, a Christian, Jewish and Moslem shrine, dominated the bitter struggle over Palestine. The struggle involved the British Empire, world Judaism, Pan-Islam, Russia and inevitably, as a result of its new world eminence...
...balloon world until it finally exploded in his face. But slowly the laughter thinned, embarrassed, shocked silence hovered in the stifling little theater. No one laughed at the concentration-camp scenes nor at Charlie's girl friend who hit a Storm Trooper over the head with a frying pan. There was hardly a ripple when the Jews matched pennies to determine who would kill the Dictator...
...exactly love but mutual interests that drew W. R. Grace & Co. and Pan American Airways Corp. together. Grace wanted a better way to get South American wealth from the jungles to its ships on the coast; ambitious Pan Am saw much to be gained through Grace's contacts and capital. Result: Pan American-Grace Airways, organized in 1928 Panagra took on the job of flying the western coast of South America to Buenos Aires For a while Grace steamshippers and Pan Am airmen were happy together. But trouble soon developed between Panagra and one of its parents. Pan...
Worse yet, as time went on Pan Am showed no intention of giving Panagra any advantages. On the other hand Grace was all for pushing Panagra into the highest circles, no matter what it meant to Pan Am's prestige and profits...
Last week, after years of squabbling, the family kissed & made up. In a spirit of sweet accord, Pan Am and Grace jointly announced a 99-year agreement under which Panagra will offer direct daily through service from the U.S. to South America, with Panagra planes and crews flying over Pan Am's routes from Miami and New Orleans to the Canal Zone and going on from there as usual. All that is needed now is the official blessing of CAB, which has already nodded approval...