Word: unites
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Iraqis gathered to cheer both their King and his astute, farsighted minister, 68-year-old Nuri es-Said,Feisal snipped the royal gold scissors and opened to regular traffic two $4,500,000 bridges across the Tigris. In another quarter of the capital the King dedicated a 1,250-unit housing project which boasts schools, a mosque and "gossip squares," where Iraqis may indulge their favorite national pastime. The housing program's long-range goal: 400,000 dwellings-new roofs for one-third of Iraq's population...
...government set the diplomatic wires humming with apologies and promises of an all-out mobilization to find the missing Anita Carroll. Iranian navy boats patrolled the Gulf of Oman to head off bandit attempts to escape into Pakistan. On the other side of the border, a Pakistani paratroop unit stood by. Prayers for Mrs. Carroll's safety were ordered in Iran's mosques. Camel riders streaked into the desert bearing Iranian government offers of $65,000 for her safe return. Military escorts were ordered for all American vehicles in the area, and more than 1,000 soldiers...
...British Thermal Unit-the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of i lb. of water one degree...
...Reginald Mikesell, secretary-treasurer of the Teamsters' joint council in Portland, told how most of his unit's records since 1954 (the Portland period in which the committee was generally interested) had been destroyed to save storage space. This, said Mikesell, was "taking the path of least resistance." Questioned about a $5,000 check he had made out to Bill Langley's attorney, Mikesell said he had no idea what it was for. When the committee expressed astonishment at his lapse of memory, Mikesell commented blandly: "It does seem a little silly, doesn...
Leigh Hoadley, Master of Leverett House, said that the program, which will "try to express the various kinds of things the House can do as a unit," would be paid for out of the $1400 grant made by the Ford Foundation to each of the Houses...