Word: solider
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...some real convincers in his holsters. Last January he had warned Congress that he would have to come in for an emergency appropriation. One reason was that Congress had revised the postal workers' pay structure, increasing the payroll $17 million a year. Beyond that. Summerfield had the solid argument that unprecedented growth of population and of economic activity in the U.S. had increased the amount of mail handled yearly by the Post Office Department from 36 billion items to 56 billion in ten years...
...Nothing solid was heard of Markos for eight years. Then from Communist Poland last month came reports that Markos had turned up there after imprisonment in Rumania and treatment for a mental disorder. Last week a small announcement in the East German (Communist) Neues Deutschland ended the Markos mystery. A resolution by the exiled Greek Communist Party restored to Comrade Markos Vafiades his rights as a member of the Central Committee, admitted that he "had been disciplined by the Central Committee on the basis of empty accusations and by violation of the party statutes during the abnormal inner-party regime...
...come close to doubling the range of airplanes. In long-range missiles, they may make the difference between success and failure. They will be expensive (at least $1 per lb.) and probably highly toxic. They will burn with a bright green flame, and their exhaust, a white cloud of solid boron compounds, will be so poisonous to vegetation that tests will have to be run in deserts...
When the Wind Blows, a family tragedy by George Staples, shows serious thought, solid dramatic potential, and a great debt to Long Day's Journey Into Night. Although the cast often does not reach potential depths of character, both Ed Walsh, as the younger son who revolts, and Yvonne Korshak, as the aging but eager aunt, bring excellent consistent emotion into earnestly wrought characterizations. After her beautifully timed hula dance during dinner, the high point of the play, the stage suffers from loose writing and looser pacing. Director Lumbard lacked the experience to build through to the end; his staging...
Wilson's desire to strengthen the Guard in order to make it "a solid base" upon which to construct the country's military organization has resulted in a mandatory six-month, active-duty training period for all Guardsmen and Reservists who enlist after April first. This six-month period will be a minimum training requirement for all branches of the service, with one minor exception in the case of men under 18 1/2 years of age in the National Guard...