Word: hinterlands
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...produces 500 tons of pig iron daily from the Newfoundland ore. But the Belle Isle vein is not as rich as the ones in Labrador; thus, the further expansion of the New England steel industry will have to wait until a transportation system is established through the Canadian hinterland. Though a truck road now cuts across Labrador, it will be a few years before a railroad is built. One plan sees the beginning of work on a 360-mile rail line by next summer. The actual mining operations in Labrador are being financed by Republic Steel, Inc., and six Canadian...
...Broadway last week, theatergoers were still flocking to Kiss Me, Kate, the musicomedy hit based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. In the hinterland, to woo theatergoers to her touring production of The Taming of the Shrew, Margaret Webster was billing the old comedy with a new subtitle: "The Original Kiss Me, Kate...
Before leaving, the garrison of 80,000 Nationalists blew up the Pearl River bridge, damaged the city's power plant, set fire to airfield installations. Then it broke into two fleeing parts. The bulk moved into the hinterland where the Reds had not yet penetrated. A smaller group headed toward the sea and ships that would carry them to Hainan and Formosa...
...last week, after months of persevering work, eight suit-rumpling, eye-opening trips into the dusty hinterland, a steadily growing acquaintance with the Italian temper and background, Zellerbach felt that it was all a lot bigger job than anyone had realized at the start. The business proposition was also a proposition in national and human subtleties. With larger perspective but undiminished determination, Zellerbach said: "It's more of a challenge than ever." Italian ministers were more mellow, too. They were thinking less in political and regional and more in overall economic terms. They were leaning on Zellerbach for counsel...
...five days the debate raged. Governors and generals flew in from the hinterland to join in. On New Year's Eve, some 30 leaders gathered for an arm-waving, tear-shedding showdown in the Gimo's red brick residence. The fight-to-the-finish faction tried hard to delete words implying resignation from Chiang's New Year's message. They won out on two points: conditions for peace which the Communists could scarcely be expected to accept, and a delay in the Gimo's abdication...