Word: fields
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Robert Bacher (TIME, May 15). Bacher had pointed out that hydrogen bombs could not be made without consuming neutrons (from U-235) which might be used more profitably for making plutonium. When questioned about Bacher, Commissioner Henry DeWolf Smyth remarked significantly: "He is a fairly competent man in this field." This is as close as AEC ever comes to giving a straight opinion on a matter of military import...
...badly needed "little" Ted. The club front office hastily issued a press announcement: "After a talk with Mr. Yawkey [the Red Sox owner], Ted Williams has requested that this announcement be made to the fans: Ted is sorry for his impulsive actions on the field yesterday and wishes to apologize to any and all whom he may have offended...
...also want to be the U.S. "chosen instrument" for worldwide cable communications. They argue that Western Union should get rid of its cable business, which was a condition to the Postal Telegraph merger. Western Union contends that it needs the overseas revenue, plus a clear field in the U.S. telegram business, before it can be sure of a profitable living in competition with its remaining rivals, the airmail letter and the telephone...
...socks woven by Burlington Mills of nylon and Vicara, a new wool-like, mothproof synthetic, made from field corn. Vicara is reported to outwear wool, does not shrink, and sells for around 83? a lb. v. wool...
Married. Marshall Field Jr., 33, son of multi-millionaire Publisher Marshall Field, assistant publisher and associate editor of his father's Chicago Sun-Times; and Katherine Woodruff, 22, daughter of an Illinois banker; he for the second time, she for the first; in Joliet...