Word: winterers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...departure day, the troops shook the mothballs out of their heavy winter uniforms and put them on. It was 80° in Texas, but temperatures in the 40s were forecast for Germany. Otherwise, the soldiers traveled light, toting 30-lb. field packs with pup tents and a single change of underwear and socks inside, M-14 automatic rifles, bayonets, gas masks and helmets...
...economy, he argued, currency reform would have no real effect. "If I were to distribute poverty justly, we would all surely remain poor," he insisted. "It seemed to be more important to overcome poverty than to distribute it." U.S. General Lucius Clay backed him, and throughout a grim winter of rising prices and shortages, Erhard kept up Seelenmas-sagen (soul massages), in the form of radio speeches and newspaper articles. Over and over he predicted: "Prices will start to drop in the spring." Panic buying trailed off, production rose and prices did fall...
...travelers entering the U.S. last week from Jamaica and Puerto Rico were closely checked for signs of a disease that most of them never heard of: dengue (pronounced deng-gay) fever. The disease hit the Caribbean in July. Ever since, officials with an anxious eye on the coming winter's tourist trade (normally 20,000 to 25,000 visitors a month for Puerto Rico alone) have been waiting hopefully for the epidemics to die out. They are still waiting. New cases last week brought Jamaica's 1963 total close to 500, while Puerto Rico passed...
...Jimmy could do to gain a bare 8 yds. But nobody has been able to stop him this year (TIME, Oct. 4)-and certainly not the Giants. Ripping off 7 and 8 yds. a carry, he shucked tacklers like peanut shells, once straight-armed Giant Linebacker Bill Winter so hard that Winter collapsed in a heap. With the ball on the New York 5, he picked up 4 yds. with five Giant tacklers clinging to him. He then made the touchdown by hurling himself bodily into the air. A lucky interception and Giant Quarterback Y. A. Tittle's wonderful...
...that all purpose black dinner jacket is made of tropical worsted, it will be comfortable enough to wear in summer as well as in winter. The worsted has the further virtues of standing up well and shedding wrinkles...