Word: sooner
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...deeply it had committed itself in Korea, youngsters of draft age had a bad case of jitters; but all reports agree that they have since settled down to studying or working for as long as they can. The majority seem to think that war with Russia is inevitable sooner or later, but they feel that they will survive it. Reports TIME'S Los Angeles Bureau: "Today's youth does have some fear of the atomic age. But he does not feel as though he is living on the brink of disaster, nor does he flick on the radio...
...closing rush, the Senate hastily approved all other delegates for the U.N., but passed over Jessup's nomination. No sooner had Congress adjourned, than Harry Truman announced that he was giving Jessup a recess appointment...
...cotton and wide with desert, is 3½times the size of Texas. Its people, Arab in the north, African tribesmen in the south, want their independence. The British think they won't be ready for it for ten years, but may be forced to concede it sooner. Egypt's peremptory claim of control of the Sudan is opposed by all but one political party in the Sudan. And the resident British Governor General, square-faced Sir Robert Howe, is in control. The ist Battalion of the South Lancashire Infantry Regiment, stationed at Trieste, embarked for Khartoum...
...best books-the books he has tried to make more than "entertainments" -he has written about sinners, who are last seen heading in various directions (to heaven, hell, or purgatory). It was in the cards that sooner or later he would try his hand at a story about a good person-a saint. In his latest novel, published this week in the U.S., Graham Greene shows his hand...
Members who enlisted between February 1 and July 1 will be classified 1-A. But they won't be inducted until one year passes, or until their enlistment expires, or until they are 25 years and 9 months old--whichever is sooner...