Word: pre
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Independence, rolled to a stop at the Military Air Transport Service terminal in Washington, and the most controversial figure in international politics came down the ramp. It was Christmas week, and the U.S. Secretary of State had flown in a few hours from snowy Brussels into the freezing pre-dawn of Washington. Still standing, in effect, between two continents, he shook hands with a greeter. How was the weather in Europe? "The weather was very bad in Europe," he said, and climbed into a limousine to be driven into the capital. There the weather-the political weather-was even worse...
While Oosterbaan was building up the opposition and tearing down his own team, California Coach Lynn ("Pappy") Waldorf was keeping mum and concentrating on football fundamentals. Waldorf put his pre-game program in two words, "Hard work." His veteran squad, unbeaten for the season, had a special incentive for hard work: the rankling memory of four consecutive Rose Bowl lickings for the West Coast at the hands of the Big Ten, including California's own 17-14 defeat by Ohio State on New Year...
...graduate students collaborated with Dr. Williams: Ned Feder 2M; Dr. Jenet V. Passonfau, associate at the Argonne National Laboratory of the Atomic Energy Commission; Dr. Richard C. Sanborn '43, assistant professor at the University of Illinois; Howard A. Schneiderman, pre-doctorate follow of the A.E.C.; William H. Telfor 3G; and William B. Van der Kloot...
...Pre-press" is what White House aides call the skull-practice sessions they hold with the President, trying to anticipate newsmen's questions and how to answer them. For Harry Truman's first press conference since the news turned bad in Korea, they figured that the big question would be: What about the Republicans' demand for Dean Acheson's head...
...come solely because of its increased volume (25% more cars and trucks than in 1949) and greater productivity. Instead of making greater profits after Korea, as Valentine intimated, G.M.'s net profits were less. In the third quarter, net profits were lower than in the pre-Korea second quarter. In the fourth quarter of this year, net profits will probably be still lower because of higher taxes and costs. Nevertheless, G.M. sent telegrams to 12,000 dealers lifting its ban on the sale of 120,000 new Chevrolets, Pontiacs and Cadillacs at pre-December prices. The corporation said...