Word: though
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...year produced a whole clutch of books on the nature of Communism and Communists, how hard it was to get along with them, what a relief it was to get away from them. The titles told most of the story, and little of it was new, though much of it could stand retelling: The God That Failed, by half a dozen celebrities who had swallowed the Marxist hook but didn't have the wit to gag until they got to the sinker; General Walter Bedell Smith's saga of ambassadorial frustration, My Three Years in Moscow; General Frank...
...book that gave the look of things just as they happened was LIFE'S Picture History of World War II. Though it was officially ineligible for bestseller rating (since most copies were sold direct and not over bookstore counters), Picture History, with half a million copies sold, was the year's real non-fiction bestseller...
...Committee has no definite plans yet for the Smoker which is scheduled for late February or March, but they plan plenty of food and a celebrity if possible--though they are making no promises...
...differences between the two teams were the speed and shooting ability of the Middies. Even though Shepard had his men pay special attention to Dave Mullaney, the Navy set-shot specialist still plunked in six long shots from outside of the Crimson's zone defense. The losers' shooting once again was only mediocre...
...zone defense worked well, and Shepard will probably continue to use it when he thinks it necessary. However, the Crimson did not work a fast-break off the zone very often, though the possibility of an occasional break was one of Shepard's main reasons for installing it. The Middies also took off a large number of rebounds considering the fact that a zone defense is supposed to be effective in placing defensive players under the backboards...