Word: commonly
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Khrushchev continued to pour on the agony, the phoniness of Moscow's noisy piety became all too obvious. Canadian Opposition Leader Lester Pearson declared: "It is the sheerest hypocrisy to feign passionate anger and indignation" at "a crime common to all governments and inevitable in present circumstances." Adenauer observed: "Everyone knows that aircraft have been flying at high altitudes over several countries for years . . . I have knowledge that the Russians are flying over our territory as well." In Britain, former Ambassador to Russia Sir William Hayter reminded his countrymen of the embarrassing disappearance of British Frogman Lionel Crabb (TIME...
Combat Pay. In Albany. X.Y.. the court of appeals ruled that Messenger Boy James Johnson, who got banged in the eye with his own misaimed paper clip, was entitled to $228.64 workmen's compensation because such shenanigans are the common pursuits of unoccupied messenger boys...
What do Sartre, Graham Greene and Laurence Olivier have in common? They are all involved in a modern trend toward an ancient heresy, Manichaeism...
...combination of factors, none of which would have been enough to wreck the planes by itself. The basic flaw was that the support structure of the wing nacelles, holding the plane's turbo prop engines, was not built sturdily enough. When damaged or weakened by such a common occurrence as a rough landing, the struts beneath the four engines no longer held the engine nacelle tightly enough in place. Said McBrearty: "All of our tests and calculations substantiate the conviction that some element of damage existed in the power-package-nacelle area of both Electras prior to their accidents...
...directorship in 1948 and vice-presidency the next year. In 1950 Kellstadt was appointed supervisor of Sears's southern region. At Sears business was never better. For the company year ending Jan. 31, Sears had sales of $4,036,153,139, Paid a record of $2.64 per common share. This year Sears will spend $77 million on expansion, open 15 new stores...