Word: paste
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...spectacles, Baruch arrived on Capitol Hill to give the Senate his recommendations for meeting the direst military crisis since Pearl Harbor. Adviser to Presidents and Congresses for more than a quarter of a century, he carried the outraged recollection that his counsel had too often been disregarded. In the past two years, Washington had brushed off his repeated advice that the U.S. get up off its hunkers and rearm itself. Many observers figured that Washington would go on brushing him off. Baruch, the ancient prophet, was out of date...
...Decided to expand its civilian staff by 237,000-about a third of them "white collar" workers and the rest of them "blue collar" employees, i.e., skilled and semiskilled workmen. In the past year, in Defense Secretary Johnson's economy drive, the Pentagon had earlier fired 171,000 civilian employees...
...just time to empty four clips of my rifle before they had overrun us. My rifle was jammed and wouldn't shoot. I picked up another and it was no good. I yelled to the lieutenant and he tossed me a bayonet. The first enemy wave was past. I figured I had to die, so I dug out a can of fruit cocktail and ate it. Then the lieutenant asked: 'Are you willing to die? If you are, I will call for mortar fire.' I could see the next wave coming, and I said: 'It looks...
...jeeps hurried on past the dried river beds and bare hills of inland Korea -country that reminded Walker of his familiar territory of west Texas. Here & there along the road the general stopped. Sometimes he smiled and politely asked enlisted men for information, such as the location of regimental or battalion command posts. Occasionally he turned on his parade-ground voice in a blast of censure. A luckless 1st Cavalry shavetail...
...Holy City of Jerusalem, where past and present walk hand in hand, Jews, Arabs and Christians last week were reading a strange new newspaper about Old Testament days. Written in modern journalistic style but faithful to ancient history, the monthly Jerusalem Chronicles bannered the news...