Word: thirds
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...weekly press conference, President Truman made an announcement that was a surprise to none of the 158 newsmen gathered in the White House Oval Room. Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall, who wanted to get back to his North Carolina law practice, had resigned (that is, Royall's third letter of resignation had been accepted). Who would get the job? The President couldn't say. Would there be other changes in the top defense command? Harry Truman said he didn't expect any major ones. But, he hedged quickly, in Government there are always changes because...
Songs After Dawn. Through the day, Communist agents in Nanking came out from underground, posted signs welcoming the Red army, and prepared the Communist takeover. Before dawn of the next day, 20,000 troops of General Chen Yi's third field army marched into the city through the northwest gate. Country boys from Manchuria stared in open wonder at Nanking's big modern government buildings, all of which were occupied in short order. University students gathered to sing patriotic songs in welcome...
...Consort made three runs past the Amethyst in vain attempts to get a towline to her. She could not come nearer than 1,000 yards. After the third run, she headed downstream to Shanghai, where a guard of British and U.S. bluejackets and U.S. Marines attended the removal of the Consort's ten dead and two score wounded...
...Manhattan, the Perry Awards (Broadway's "Oscars"), for "notable contributions to the current season," were handed out for the third year. The little silver medallions went to Rex Harrison (Anne of the Thousand Days) and Martita Hunt (The Madwoman of Chaittot) for dramatic acting; Arthur Miller for writing Death of a Salesman, and Ray Bolger (Where's Charley?) and Nanette Fabray (Love Life) for their musicomedy performances...
...results of earlier work, they were fleeting. Fifteen patients, some unable to walk, showed great improvement soon after injections of large doses of Compound E (as much as 100 milligrams a day). The first patient was a woman who was barely able to get out of bed. By the third day she was walking with only a slight limp; a week later, pain and muscular stiffness had almost disappeared. But improvement ended when the drug was stopped. After varying periods without the drug, the patients were back where they started. Two other patients are being treated, with similar results, with...