Word: though
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...uproar. The FBI went to work on the case. A citizens' committee was organized and elected Bourbon County's Lawyer Cassius M. Clay* as its chairman. Several county grand juries investigated the case but took no action. As time dragged on it began to look as though the mystery might never be solved...
Fire. Nevertheless, many a member began itching to compete again in the outer world, where wages were rising with a new period of prosperity. In 1854 a fire burned down the farm's flour mill and some other buildings. Though the loss involved only $9,000 (the farm was then worth $80,000), the members voted to disband. The farm was sold in parcels, the stockholders paid off, and the members went their own individual ways. The buildings slowly decayed...
...good bomber may get superiority, but it has never held it; fighter designers, occasionally behind in development, have always caught up. General McNarney thinks that the great 6-36, the Air Force's heavy bomber, can now cope with fighters and can hold its advantage for a while. Though much slower (about 400 m.p.h. in emergencies) than fighters, the 6-36 flies at an altitude where jet engines lose much of their power. Further, the wide turning radius (five to ten miles) of a fast fighter in the thin upper air makes it hard for it to maneuver into...
...more turn to a career that has already covered a catalogue of callings, ranging from gentleman-farmer and journalist (FORTUNE, 1930-38) to Librarian of Congress (1939-44), Assistant Secretary of State (1944-45) and deputy chairman of the U.S. delegation to UNESCO's first general conference (1946). Though he was not telling what he intends to teach, it seemed a sure bet that he would take on English A5, the traditional Boylston course in creative writing...
Beyond his showman's skills, Milton gets into all the offstage acts too. Though his contract gives him the right to assist in putting the show on, he runs the whole business. He has a master grasp of the TV medium still rare among lesser practitioners who are hamstrung by radio techniques. He calls the show's camera shots, directs the acts, plans the continuity, bosses the booking, writing, lighting and costumes, dictates the musical arrangements (and frequently hands them out to the musicians), approves the scenery (and sometimes helps shift it) and, in rehearsal, often leads...