Word: southwester
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Erickson, Donald Allan of 6221 Agnes Avenue, Kansas City, Mo.; Southeast High, Kansas City. Mo. Merz, Edwin Henry, Jr. of 4927 Nottingham Avenue, St. Louis; Southwest High, St. Louis, Onken, Henry Dralle of 7635 Stanford Street, University City, Mo.; University City Senior High...
What Day Is It? At midnight, Communist infantrymen commanded by General Chen Yi began filtering into Shanghai through the French concession in the southwest. The Reds moved as quietly as they could. In small groups they advanced slowly down the sidewalks of Avenue Joffre and Great Western Road, sidling close to buildings for protection against occasional fire from isolated Nationalist snipers. By 9 a.m. they had reached the city's skyscraper-lined Bund...
Except in the southwest, FORTUNE found, seniors are talking less & less about money. One business recruiter reported that he went through 30 interviews without once hearing a senior mention salary. "Forty-nines simply will not talk of the future in terms of the dollar," says FORTUNE. "In terms of the Good Life, however, they are most articulate...
...miles from the Communist front lines southwest of Shanghai, in the city's smartest residential section, a fresh-faced young Chinese officer stood before a bluff, hearty Englishwoman. Behind him stood several soldiers, holding baskets of wood shavings. They had come to burn down Mrs. Gladys Hawkings' house because it was "in the line of fire." Said firm, 58-year-old Mrs. Hawkings: "Young man, I was living in this house before you were born. This is my home and I intend to stay...
...Luck." When the Communists started their drive up from the southwest, Gladys Hawkings opened the big red doors of her walled compound and let in scores of refugees...