Word: pounds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...approve completely what has been done," said New Hampshire's Styles Bridges, long a sharp-tongued critic of Administration foreign policy. Sage old Charles Eaton, top Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, agreed: "We've got a rattlesnake by the tail and the sooner we pound its damn head in, the better." Added Virginia's Democrat Harry Byrd, leader of the Dixie dissenters, "This is a time for unity, as we must...
...fighters, 60-odd bombers and one troop carrier group were scattered halfway across the Pacific. From bases in southern Japan, Stratemeyer sent out jet F80 Shooting Stars and F82 Twin Mustangs to strafe North Korean trucks, locomotives and armor. From Guam he called up B-29 Superfortresses to pound Seoul's Kimpo airfield...
...advice of his old friend and first employer, Bernard Baruch, Columnist-Showman Billy Rose turned down an offer of $25,000 a week to do a television show for RCA, became instead consulting director for the 1953 California World Progress Exposition. Salary: one pound of his favorite tobacco (Mixture...
...savvy Canadian Clint Hodgins, one of the top drivers in the U.S. last year, knew he had plenty of horse left as he hit the top of the stretch. He gave the mare her head. That was all Proximity needed. She swung the 36-pound sulky out for a clear shot at the brilliantly lighted finish, breezed effortlessly past the leaders and went on to win by 2½ lengths. Said one of Proximity's admirers afterwards: "It was just as if Hodgins had stepped on an accelerator...
...sophomore, Gifford has held his post only one season but has handled it with unusual competence. Last year the lithe, blond, 177-pound oarsman rowed at the seven slot in the undefeated '52 freshman boat...