Word: veteran
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hoover Commission, which were studded with instances where one branch of the service reared up costly hospitals in areas where another service had long wards of empty beds. Who was blocking these reforms? Last week the finger pointed in a surprising direction: at Rear Admiral Joel Thompson Boone, a veteran of 36 years in the medical corps who spoke with one of the Navy's most respected voices...
Even for such a veteran good-will ambassador as 69-year-old Colonel Robert Rutherford McCormick, his "last big trip" around the world was hitting new highs of diplomacy and tact. After causing a sensation in Spain by unwittingly displaying the Spanish Republican flag on his converted B-17 (TIME, March 6), the Chicago Tribune's publisher had invaded
...economic downswing. Secondly, interest on investment has fallen over a long period and is likely to stay down as long as the government's low interest policy continues. The third major source of income-tuition-is higher per head, but that doesn't always help. With the drop in veteran enrollment, fewer and fewer students can be found who are able to pay the bill...
...Marines veteran group most strongly protested S 191, claiming that its sponsors, the World Federalists, were traitors to the United States...
...musicomedy star. Wilding plays the detective with quiet charm, and Todd's acting as the suspect will not let down moviegoers who liked him in The Hasty Heart. Comedian Sim makes his artful most of the heroine's eccentric father. If anyone steals the show, it is Veteran Dietrich. Dressed to kill and chanting languorous ballads in a husky off-key, she creates an acid-tinged portrait of a glamorous bad lady of the theater...