Word: saws
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...continuing-and unassailable-accomplishment as well as a slogan of the Eisenhower Administration. After Russia's Sputnik flashed across the sky, and after the stock market plunged, progress suddenly seemed-in headlines, at least-the sole property of the Russians. Turning to Washington for reassurance, the U.S. saw administrative confusion, sensed a crisis in leadership and demanded action...
...never paid a day in jail for them. Abe ("Kid Twist") Reles sang about Murder Inc., in 1940, but Reles, though locked in a Coney Island hotel room and guarded by cops, somehow managed to fall out the window and kill himself before Brooklyn Prosecutor Bill O'Dwyer saw fit to bring Al to trial Al disappeared and joined the Army (he trained soldiers as longshoremen during the war), and for "clerical reasons," the "wanted" card with Al's name was removed from the files of the New York Police Department...
...reported the incident, was told Bizri had. "Well, that's a new one," said the official. The Turkish-Syrian border was sleepily quiet. Turkish forces on the frontier (three armored brigades, three infantry divisions) were in defensive positions, and travelers along the Syrian side of the line saw no evidence at all that the Syrian army was bracing itself for an attack...
...Hong Kong, Canada's Trade Commissioner Max Forsyth Smith saw an opportunity to unload some of Canada's surplus wheat. Canada has not recognized Mao Tse-tung, and has no wish to offend the U.S. by doing so. But many Canadians blame the U.S.'s "dumping" of surplus wheat for Canada's own mountainous surplus. At week's end, with the approval of the government in Ottawa, Forsyth Smith prepared to go to Peking to see how much hard-pressed Mao Tse-tung would pay for a few million tons...
Replacing McLaughlin at quarterback will be inexperienced Ron Johanson who saw limited action in the closing minutes of the Dartmouth game after injuries had idled both Stahura and McLaughlin. He looked good on several pass plays but showed a clear lack of experience...