Word: turmoils
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...switchover from military to civilian rule was a hectic experience for the people on occupation duty. U.S. occupation headquarters, which had moved from Berlin to Frankfurt in August, was in turmoil. One by one, General Lucius Clay's top men had resigned; personnel had been slashed from 2,300 to 1,400. New men were coming in. In Berlin, 200 families of U.S. officials were waiting anxiously for houses in or near overcrowded Frankfurt. The old headquarters of OMGUS (Office of Military Government for Germany, U.S.), where Clay had sat out the blockade, was deserted...
...Queuille came in at a good time, when turmoil was dying down. His predecessor Robert Schuman had already blunted the main Communist attack; in his first weeks in office, Queuille dealt effectively with Communist coal strikes. Schuman had started a wholesome drive for deflation, which Queuille continued. The Marshall Plan helped. Last week the franc was stronger, the national debt was slightly down, and industrial production (115% of 1938 when Queuille took office) was up to 130%. M. Queuille's critics call him "The Immobilist" because he so often finds it expedient to do nothing. Last week he attributed...
...book, Our Sun (Blakiston; $4.50), Dr. Donald H. Menzel of Harvard tells how new and refined instruments have opened the sun to astronomers' prying eyes. There is plenty of action to watch, for the sun is a vast turmoil of violent storms and convulsions...
...September 20, the Olivet Teachers Union jumped into the battle. It charged that the administration had rudely interrupted the progress toward a tenure system made under ex-President Dana's administration: had thrown the college into turmoil: and had "imperiled the financial future of the college...
...Legless Men. When Van Fleet arrived in Athens 15 months ago, the Red rash was still spreading across the pockmarked face of Greece. After the first guerrilla victories, Russia had seen a chance to harass the West with turmoil and terror in Greece and to win a great Mediterranean base for communism. The obedient satellites on Greece's north provided arms and other material aid, sanctuary for hard-pressed guerrillas, hospitals, training bases. Whether they fought voluntarily or under duress, the guerrilla soldiers were Greeks. For Russia it was a cheap try for big stakes. In March...