Word: preparedness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week, as it prepared to celebrate Christmas, America was not much more than a scattering of houses along a mile of muddy road-the original river town had long since disappeared and its traces had been erased by plowing. America's farms were small; its citizens tilled a...
When his client went on trial for espionage in Washington last spring, lumpy little Archie Palmer had tried to save her with wild histrionics and indigestible tales of international romance in Manhattan's subways. Archie failed; Judy Coplon was convicted and sentenced to 40 months to ten years in...
Joseph Stalin would be 70 years old this week, and all over the world his faithful followers prepared to celebrate the august birthday. To Moscow journeyed the satraps to pay homage. Russia's state music publishing house issued 45 separate Stalin songs, bearing titles such as To the Great...
The Israelis were unmoved by a polite but firm note from the U.S., which had opposed the U.N. internationalization plan as highhanded and unrealistic, but now warned Israel against an "inflammatory move." The shift of Israel's capital from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem had been long and carefully prepared...
Officials of the transportation industry stayed up late last night perfecting plans to cope with the traditional efflux, while highway police prepared to welcome the holiday crowd.