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...year after Pearl Harbor Day, Pride got his first seagoing command: the carrier Belleau Wood, which joined with the Wasp, Enterprise, Saratoga and Essex as the first big carrier strike force. Some of the names entered on the Belleau Wood's log: Tarawa, Wake Island, Makin, Kwajalein, Truk, Saipan, Tinian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: PRIDE OF THE SEVENTH FLEET | 2/7/1955 | See Source »

LOWER HUDSON PRICES will result from Hudson's merger with Nash into American Motors Corp. By doubling up with Nash on purchasing and production, Hudson has been able to cut prices an average $155 on its Wasp line, up to $204 on the more expensive Hornet models...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Feb. 7, 1955 | 2/7/1955 | See Source »

...last year's intriguing Mammy Pleasant, tells what happened in brash, crime-infested 19th century San Francisco when an unprincipled Scotsman, fleeing a murky past, teamed up with a ruthless quadroon beauty, in pursuit of a glittering future. Mammy was born a Georgia slave. She had a wasp waist and an eagle eye, and when she bared her claws neither slow prey nor a fast buck had a chance of getting away. Among other things, Mammy was a madame who lavishly entertained in her elegant house (it cost $10 for a caller even to be considered for admission). Mammy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Babies, Scandal & Apples | 11/15/1954 | See Source »

...stalking a desert rat, a summer torrent building up into a wall of water, the blossoming of cactus flowers. The splicing and re-splicing gives the film such a rapid gait that within a few minutes a wild pig chases a bobcat up a hundred foot saguaro, a poisonous wasp vanquishes an equally deadly tarantula, and red hawk devours a rattlesnake. The most callous little boy will lie awake until three a.m. after viewing these battles...

Author: By Robert A. Fish, | Title: The Living Desert | 2/8/1954 | See Source »

HUDSON, first out with its new models this week, showed off a longer-looking car and a higher-compressioned (7.5 to 1) engine with dual carburetion which steps the Hornet's power up to 170 h.p., the Wasp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: The 1954 Cars | 9/28/1953 | See Source »

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