Word: stripped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first amtracs had started over and run into savage mortar and machine-gun fire. Although some amtracs turned back, most of Taplett's force got across, whereupon the defenders faded away. Some were caught; naked North Koreans (see cut) were a common sight in the countryside (the marines strip them as a precaution against hidden weapons...
Still prisoners trickled down to the beach. I passed one group, stripped and lying by the roadside under the eyes of two marines. (It's an elementary Marine precaution to have prisoners strip, so that they can't hide weapons or documents.) One tall, scrawny fellow knelt by the roadside with his hands folded. When I spoke to him he called out pleadingly: "Don't shoot me! I'm a Christian...
Fradd reassures timid members of '54 that if they have any personal or religious reasons for not wanting to strip for the camera, they may pose in their undergarments...
...Match Corp. the second biggest U.S. matchmaker (first: Diamond) with a gross of $12 million last year.* Last week President Adolph Rosenberg, 61, hailed a new Universal product as the first major innovation in match books in almost 60 years. The product: a match book with a waterproof striking strip that is expected to boost sales $1,000,000 this year. Adolph Rosenberg and his brother Samuel, 57, a Universal vice president, did not strike it rich in matches until after they had burned their fingers elsewhere. Adolph quit high school to work in the piece-goods business, later...
Wing & a Prayer. In Pŏ;rto Alegre, Brazil, aeronautics inspectors grounded Pilot Sebastiao Afonso Corbeta when they learned that 1) he had been landing his plane at night on a pitch-dark 100-yard strip, 2) his carburetor was full of sand, 3) his tires were patched with cut-up inner tubes, 4) he had no pilot's license...