Word: uniform
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Dorothy Krueger Smith for the murder of her husband found her guilty of first-degree murder by six votes to three and sentenced her to life imprisonment; that "a unanimous verdict of guilty would have made the death sentence mandatory." This is not correct. The only offense under the Uniform Code of Military Justice that requires a mandatory death sentence is spying in time of war . . . and the only offense requiring a unanimous finding of guilty is that for which the death penalty is mandatory, namely, spying in time of war . . . First-degree murder is punishable . . . by death or life...
...hour fight. Willing to sell other holdings, he argued calmly but insistently that he ought to be allowed to keep his $1,440,000 worth of stock in the textile firm of J. P. Stevens & Co., Inc., which makes millions of dollars' worth of uniform cloth for the armed forces. "... I am steeped in sentiment and tradition with respect to the company that bears my father's name," he said. Requiring him to give up the stock, he contended, would establish "an important principle and precedent," which would "have a long and serious adverse effect on the willingness...
...experts at the annual New York Baseball Writers' dinner in Manhattan enjoyed an entertainment dividend when Tallulah Bankhead, a dedicated Giant fan, appeared in Leo Durocher's uniform with a few ideas about changing the club. Her suggested improvements: uniforms by Hattie Carnegie, champagne in the water bucket, spring training on the Riviera, and "no more day games. No one comes to matinees anyway any more but women's clubs...
...artillery in the Sicilian and Italian campaigns. In 1943, running risks which Eisenhower called "greater than I asked any other agent or emissary to undertake during the war," Taylor slipped through German lines into Rome for armistice negotiations with Italian Premier Pietro Badoglio. For 24 hours, wearing a U.S. uniform, he went about his mission in Rome under the noses of the Germans. Promoted to command of the 101st Airborne Division, he parachuted into the Cotentin Peninsula with his troops the night before Dday, thereby becoming the first U.S. general officer to fight France in World War II. Made...
Richard Nixon told a Washington columnist that he would prefer the full title of his office rather than the familiar term Veep, which was, he said, "a title of affection given to a fine man-Barkley-and like the uniform numerals which are retired with great football players, I think the nickname should go with...