Word: persons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hungarian Jewish population: 800,000) from Nazi gas chambers or slave-labor camps? Wallenberg was warned that if the Germans or the Hungarian puppet government learned of his work, nothing could be done to save him. "If I can help," said Raoul Wallenberg, "if I can save a single person, I will...
...refused to offer the customary official city welcome. "He's a fellow," cried Bob Wagner, "who says slavery is legal, and that in his country our Air Force cannot use Jewish men and cannot permit any Roman Catholic Chaplain to say Mass. [Saud is not] the kind of person we want to recognize in New York City." This Wagnerian fortissimo did not dampen the Navy's 21-gun salute for the monarch in New York harbor. But it did win Wagner the back of the hand from President Eisenhower at his press conference (see below...
...industry's spokesmen stood firm on their previous estimates that 1957 will be a good year. Said Bethlehem Steel's Chairman Eugene G. Grace: "The industry is in a better position than at any time in its history. I don't think there's a person in the steel industry who doesn't think operations will be at capacity for the first six months of the year.'' Bethlehem Steel reported a 7% earnings rise to $61.7 million in the fourth quarter of 1956, making it the best in its history, and voted...
...their own time, Jessop's managers and workers alike pitched in for a year to lug away junk, paint cranes, repair roads, whitewash walls, mend roofs, hang office draperies-all led by Rackley in person. Only once did a tired worker complain, calling Rackley a phony. Equally tired, Rackley promptly punched the dissident in the nose. In admiration for his hard work and leadership, employees gave Rackley a $2,000 kitchen for his home last year, gather there for parties with the boss...
...make an investigation of bogus membership cards distributed by one of the factions in that year's memorable ledger-stuffing maneuver. As he was leaving the club office three days before the election, the candidates for that year attacked him, wrested the sole official membership list from his person, and threatened him with physical violence unless he resigned immediately. Indeed, one may consider this an example of how candidates can forget differences and work well together when there is need...