Word: solider
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...began smoking heavily. I bailed out at 800 feet and landed on the inland side of a small bowl east of the main supply route. The North Koreans were lined up on the road, firing away. A half-hour later-it was late afternoon now-a solid overcast blew in from the ocean and completely covered the mountains. The minute that happened, I took and went up the mountain." "There He Goes." Meanwhile, intelligence of Captain Wilkins' plight flashed back to naval headquarters at Wonsan Harbor, and Navy Lieut, (j.g.) John Kelvin Koelsch, a 27-year-old helicopter pilot...
POETRY The Vice President of Shapes In Hartford, Conn., a solid, conservative city of insurance companies, a solid, conservative old insurance man man died of cancer last week. He was was Wallace Stevens, 75, vice president of the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co., a firm he had been associated with for for almost 40 years...
...little overdone, but it's still fried chicken- or maybe even just a lark. Those ingenious instants of terror for which Hitchcock is so well known are missing. But there remains the familiar Hitchcock pace and wit, the easy salability of such stars as Kelly and Grant, solid supporting performances by Jessie Royce Landis and John Williams, and lingering views of the Riviera...
...Literally, rocky riding school. It was carved out of a Salzburg hillside to form an area where trained horses performed elaborate steps to music for the amusement of 17th century Archbishop Johann Ernst. Arcades and boxes honeycomb a side wall of solid rock. In 1933 Max Reinhardt used the space for his great production of Goethe's Faust...
...survey of 407,000 homeowners, the Veterans Administration last week reported on what kind of a man takes out a VA-guaranteed home loan. The conclusion: by any standard, he is a solid citizen. According to the VA, the average veteran with a VA loan is 32 years old and has a yearly income of $5,780, with another $2,000 socked away in the bank. He spends an average $11,640 for his house, pays $1,100 down and makes monthly payments of $95.15 for interest and amortization. Of all 407,000 homeowners, 60% bought new homes, 40% older...