Word: transport
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Eisenhower is no whirlybird newcomer; as NATO commander (1951-52) he racked up many copter hours inspecting troops and installations in Western Europe. * Asked the Boston Globe's Herbert Kenny: "Will Ike find rapport / at Newport? / Will his temper distort / at Newport? / Would the weather dare thwart / his transport of sport / the day they escort / Ike to the seaport of Newport...
...chemical-fuel bomber planned as a supersonic successor to the B-52 heavy bomber. It has also won the design competition for a new long-range interceptor and is working on a jet utility trainer that may also find a civilian market as a high-speed executive transport. Said a top North American executive: "We were disappointed, naturally, but we don't have any doubts about North American's future...
...foodstuffs will be cut 22% this year. Since the bulk of China's capital goods is imported, and paid for with agricultural exports, this could have only one consequence. "In import plans," Po went on blandly, "major reductions have been made in the amount of general machinery and transport equipment, to provide incentive to our own machine-building industry" (a cautionary market tip for those who think trade with Red China will amount to much...
...past month Radio Peking has acknowledged that 15 million people are facing starvation in eastern Hopei province, and reported the firing of two vice governors and the downgrading of eight local functionaries in famine-stricken Kwangsi province for failing to transport foodstuffs to a stricken area, thus causing 550 people to die of hunger...
Indeed, the general aim is to transport the audience back to the late 17th century as fully as possible. The outdoor theatre at Wellesley serves well as a part of the Versailles gardens where such court plays were often presented. The show properly begins with the traditional trois coups de baton. And the audience is made to rise at the start while King Louis himself and his retinue march in to solemn music, take their places, and hear Moliere dedicate the performance to His Gracious Majesty...