Word: twins
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...furious when Western powers ("these people who try to run Asia without us") refuse to accept India's judgment as the final word on Asian problems. And under his leadership India has become a Mecca for the increasing number of Asian nations whose foreign policies rest on the twin foundations of "anticolonialism," i.e., anti-Westernism, and "nonalignment," i.e., no commitment in the worldwide struggle between Communism and freedom...
...westernmost point in its course. At the end of the count, Polyak leaped from his seat and headed for the pilot's compartment. The others sprang into action against their fellow passengers, laying about them right and left with wrenches, floorboards, fists. In a moment the vintage twin-engined Douglas transport became the scene of one of the greatest airborne free-for-alls in flying history. "We knew someone aboard the ship was a Communist security agent," explained one of the wrench wielders later, "but we didn't know which...
...Unsuspicious Circumstances." Thiem reported that Hodge had charged the state $5,267 for his suite in Springfield's St. Nicholas Hotel, used state funds to pay for maintenance of his own Beechcraft Bonanza and twin-engined monoplane. Hodge angrily barred newsmen from his records. But Thiem had foresightedly jotted down the numbers of some checks he had spotted in Hodge's office. From microfilmed copies of the checks in the state treasurer's office, Thiem was able to track down the recipients. He reported that one $9,000 check had been made out to Chicago Attorney Thomas...
...sightseeing flight, spent the next 30 minutes viewing Moscow from the air as few Americans ever had before. When he landed, he was told that he and his wife were guests of the Soviet Union. Next morning Bill Lear took a Red trade delegation out to see his twin-engined plane. Said Lear: "They seemed avidly interested...
...years ago, Chance Vought and President Frederick 0. Detweiler, 44, have been through a difficult first solo. The last of C. V.'s famed prop-driven F4U Corsairs came off the line in 1953; bugs and engine trouble held back the Corsair's successor, the big twin-jet F7U Cutlass fighter, with production scheduled to end in late 1955. Though C. V. was also producing the Navy Regulus guided missile, had a development contract for a new supersonic missile and subcontracts from other planemakers, it needed a new plane to keep its 2.3 million-sq. ft. Dallas plant...