Word: targets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Tito's Yugoslavia is a likely target for Russian-inspired aggression in southeastern Europe...
...most U.S. motorists, hot-rodders are a breed of nerveless nuisances who zip their noisy jalopies in & out of traffic with uncanny skill. But to two young Hollywood publicity men, Robert Lindsay, 27, and Robert ("Pete") Petersen, 24, hot-rodders seemed to be a custom-made target for a new magazine...
Last month Agriculture became the target of a bill in Congress to pay Mink Rancher Henry J. Krueger of Elgin, Ill. $55,591. Krueger's lawyers charged that, following official instructions, he fed stilbestrolized chicken heads to his mink. As a result, many young female mink had been made barren. They had to be prematurely "pelted," i.e., become mink coats before becoming mothers. So did the mink of almost 30 other ranchers...
Said Tory Leader George Drew: "There is no sense of that urgency which is in keeping with the nature of the emergency . . . This is a war which has already cost the United States more than 55,000 casualties." Said Tory George Hees, a World War II army officer: "The target in the United States for the end of June this year is to have 3,500,000 men under arms. Our ceiling is 69,000. Therefore, their target is 50 times that of Canada, instead of eleven times, as it should be in proportion to population...
M.I.T. triumphantly reported the success of a fund drive: $25 million raised in two years-actually $5,000,000 beyond the target. In the same breath, M.I.T. announced a new drive...