Word: greatly
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Afterwards, more than 12,000 people heard stern-faced Old Soldier George Marshall describe Erle as a "young man of great promise, a clean, fine young man of exceptional character." Marshall went on to read the crowd a lesson from Erle...
...provided an unnerving experience for Ernest Kolesiak of South Bend, Ind. Kolesiak was on the roof tightening guy wires on his antenna when it toppled across a 27,000-volt power line. Immediately, great balls of fire bounced up & down on the roof with thunderous explosions, the plumbing threw off sparks, and pipes melted around the kitchen sink. Mrs. Kolesiak, peeling potatoes, found her spectacles flecked with molten metal, the television set burned out and one of the knobs blew off, the telephone went dead, a glove lying in the yard burst into flames, and the house was scorched...
...into reverse-but he was too late. With a roar like an exploding artillery shell, the first car of the 6:13 buried itself, full length, in the last car of the 6:09. Both were crowded smokers; in one grinding and convulsive moment they were telescoped into a great steel package of mangled bodies, torn cushions, broken glass and twisted metal. Thin cries rose in the sudden silence...
...that American gangsters had attacked the Korean people, to acquire their natural resources . . . Then the plane flew to the Soviet paradise. The children were received by Soviet youth with flags and fanfare . . . told they should travel around the country as guests and dear friends, to see for themselves the great progress...
...decide between independence and federation with Ethiopia. Foreign Minister Ato Abte-Wold Aklilou, Haile Selassie's spokesman, insisted that Eritrea belonged to their country, was Ethiopia's rightful window on the sea. Fourteen other nations, including the U.S., moved that Eritrea be given home rule within a great Ethiopia. The committee approved the resolution, dispatched it to the full Assembly...