Word: summer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tiny villages on the steep cliffs of Vitsi, Greek peasants, freed from Communist rule after four years, crossed themselves reverently and gave thanks to To Thavma Tis Panagheias (the Miracle of the Virgin), which they thanked for their liberation. U.S. officers predicted that summer's end would see Greece free of all organized guerrilla warfare. On the Vitsi front, Lieut. General James A. Van Fleet, head of the U.S. military mission, said: "This is the beginning...
...years ago, realizing its hot and violent dream of freedom, India formally broke away from the British Raj. More than once since then it had seemed as if the great subcontinent would consume itself in war; by this summer, India gave the greatest promise of stability in Red-flooded Asia. But that stability was far from secure. From New Delhi, TIME correspondent Robert Lubar cabled...
...transport to fly in North America. The silver and yellow "Jetliner" built by A. V. Roe Canada Ltd. took off, circled at 200 ft., then zoomed sharply to 13,000. An hour and ten minutes later Test Pilot James Orrell brought his aircraft in for a smooth landing in summer-heated bumpy air. "It was a piece of cake," he said happily. "She handled like a fighter. Terrific...
...year-old bachelor of quiet habits, who likes music and plays the bass fiddle himself, he had managed to outpoint Jersey Joe Walcott in a dull fight this summer (TIME, July 4). That made him heavyweight champion of the world in the eyes of the National Boxing Association (a title good in 47 states). Last week, as he squared off against tired old (34) Gus Lesnevich in Yankee Stadium, he was out to impress the big holdout: the powerful New York State Boxing Commission, whose chairman, Eddie Eagan, thought that Charles ought to prove himself further...
...names on the program at Chicago's Ravinia Park were familiar enough; Chicagoans had heard Artur Rubinstein, Jascha Heifetz and Gregor Piatigorsky as brilliant, and highly individual, soloists. All summer, musical Chicago had been wondering what would happen when the three virtuosos got together in a trio for the first time...