Word: united
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nothing that Harold Macmillan or his colleagues said implied any break or even quarrel with the U.S. This was talk and criticism of the kind that distinguishes true allies from satellites. Beyond domestic political situations it was prompted by a feeling that the West as a unit must re-examine some of its international assumptions in the light of Sputnik...
...this week by the Air Force: the U.S.'s first ready-for-action unit (eight officers, three chief warrant officers, 67 enlisted men and 30 civilians) designed ) fire the Strategic Air Command's first ready-for-action intercontinental guided missile, Snark. Next month the Air Force ill also start building the U.S.'s Snark ase at Presque Isle, Me. From there nark will be able to reach almost all worthwhile targets in heartland Russia...
Convertible TV. The first TV receiver that can be converted from a console or a table model into a portable was announced last week by Sylvania Electric Products Inc. The 21-in. model is transformed by removing an entire unit from the larger console, placing the console's detachable speaker into a special compartment in the smaller circuit, plugging into any electrical outlet. Price: $229.95 to $379.95. Neat Meat. A new method of packaging frozen meat so that it can be kept for a year or refrozen after defrosting is being introduced by Wrigley supermarkets of Detroit.' After...
...colonel and his men set merrily to work, all unaware that in building their bridge, they are also constructing a hideous paradox. Even as the British prisoners, with proper pride, are drawing plans for their structure, a British Commando unit is hatching a plot to blow it up. As the bridge mounts, so does the suspense. For every timber that slides into place, the raiders (William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Geoffrey Home) make another march to their goal. As in some awful myth, as in all human history, creation and destruction keep inexorable step. They collide in a conclusion that will...
...School in 1939, joined the Manhattan law firm of Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts. He served 21 months in Europe during World War II as a tank commander, was twice wounded, returned to the U.S. with three Silver Stars, the Belgian Croix de Guerre with Palm, and a presidential unit citation. In 1948 he joined Singer, for which he had done legal work, next year became an assistant vice president, worked on labor-management problems...