Word: untillable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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At 11:02, twelve correspondents were gathered around Ross's big walnut desk. "Close the doors," said Ross. "Nobody is leaving here until everybody has this statement." Then he passed out copies of a mimeographed handout. Merriman Smith of the United Press was first to read enough to catch...
There was no "atomic secret." The basic fact that uranium atoms can be made to split in two, and release a massive jolt of energy, had been common scientific knowledge since 1939. The famed Smyth Report (A General Account of the Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy for Military...
In London, 32 of the 60 airline members of IATA (International Air Transport Association) held a hurried meeting, worked out a temporary solution. From Oct. 1, until permanent rates are set, all transatlantic fares-both ways-will be at the $350 rate, thus setting a new rate in London of...
Spain's stooped and shriveled Juan March has come a long way since the days of his penniless youth when he earned his first pesetas by smuggling tobacco. He did not learn to read or write until his late 40s, but he had a flair for figures. He multiplied...
On the side, he began translating Rabelais, went to France in 1926 for a look at the Rabelais country and stayed until 1933. While in Europe he published his Rabelais, plus some translations of Pirandello and Jean Cocteau, and edited the literary quarterly New Review.