Word: turning
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Miss Mehrtens in Manhattan on the day TIME and the Marquand cover would appear on the newsstands. "Thinking about it on the way home," said Gissen, "it occurred to me that I would have to meet him with a copy of TIME in my hand and that that might turn out to be the bravest thing I've ever...
...hoodlums went to the chair for it, but business was fine otherwise. According to the best estimates, they stole and still steal $50 million a year in cargoes, mostly in broad daylight (shipping men politely called it pilferage). They pad stevedoring payrolls. They shake down truckers and they turn loose their bookies, loaded-dice men, six-forfive boys, and kickback collectors on the dock-wallopers for nobody knows how many more millions. Proud to Know Ya. The cops, some how, have never bothered them too much. The "hoods" get along fine with Joe Ryan, the loudmouthed lifetime boss...
When it came his turn to speak, Belgium's Premier Paul-Henri Spaak told the comrades off. The Red hecklers, he said, were typical of the small pro-Soviet minority in Europe who, blindly obedient to a "foreign power," always tried to drown out the voice of the majority. The crowd roared approval...
General Eisenhower has a new job. On February 11 President Truman borrowed him from Columbia, and brought him back to Washington for what may turn out to be one of the General's most difficult assignments. The President designated Eisenhower to act as temporary head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and as special adviser to Defense Secretary Forrestal; the general's task is to try and clear up the long-running fight between the armed services which has so severely cut the efficiency of our national security program...
...sufficiently important, these matters are brought up before vice-president Reynolds for University consideration. In turn, Reynolds looks to the Union for advice on longevity, records, and abilities of candidates for job appointments...