Word: present
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Chinese students and workers were whipped into a synthetic fenzy of rage at "U.S. invasion" of Quemoy and the other offshore islands (TIME. Sept. 22). Scarcely had these demonstrations reached the proper pitch of hysteria when Peking did an about-face, proclaimed first a cease-fire and then its present senseless policy of shelling Quemoy only on alternate days, as if to show that if Red China could not take the islands, it could kill innocent people on them at will. "Some Communists may not yet understand this," conceded a government directive which Western experts thought bore the markings...
...father's must be type A, the father could still be any man with type A. But that decisively acquits the 60% of men who have B, AB, or O blood.* Besides the ABO grouping of red cells, blood varies according to whether it contains a factor M (present in 30% of the population), N (in 20%), or both, MN (in 50%). Blood also is classified according to which of the 27 subgroups of the Rh factor it belongs. Even with the tests' present limitations, Dr. Barnes proudly reported, in 39 cases this year he has exonerated eight...
...statement to the press: "Madame Callas' reputation for projecting her undisputed histrionic talents into her business affairs is a matter of common knowledge. This, together with her insistence on a claimed right to alter or abrogate a contract at will or at whim, has finally led to the present situation . . . Let us all be grateful that we have had the experience of her artistry for two seasons; the Metropolitan is also grateful that the association is ended . . . I could name a number of very famous singers who thought they were indispensable and would now give their eyeteeth...
...will fly nearly twice as fast and nearly twice as high as the present piston planes, pack 40 times the power in its turbine engines. It will shrink the world by 40%, making no spot on earth more than a day's distance from a jet airport...
...years with airframe makers to develop commercial jets. ¶ Thomas L. Boyd, 50, slender, intense vice president for flight, has been flying for more than a quarter-century. He joined American in 1934 as a pilot, became a captain two years later, rose through the flight ranks to his present position. His job is to train pilots and flight crews for the jet age, make both jets and pistons leave and arrive on schedule. He has worked on more than 2.1 million simulated jet flights, with the help of electronic machines that calculate the jet's fuel load, payload...