Word: ve
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...resigned from G.E. "in 40 seconds" to be one of Donald Nelson's vice chairmen of the War Production Board. ("Hell's loose, and I've got to do something about it," said Wilson.) Right off, he began battling with Manhattan Investment Banker Ferdinand Eberstadt, one of Nelson's ablest assistants, over methods of getting the most out of U.S. corporations. Their differences of approach eventually boiled down to the question of which man would go and which would stay. Nelson ruled for Wilson and fired Eberstadt, although Wilson later came to praise (and use) Eberstadt...
...extremely sorry that the sentiments expressed in your letter were not thought of before Nov. 7, when the campaign in your state, Utah, North Carolina, Illinois and Indiana was carried on in a manner that was as low as I've ever seen and I've been in this game since...
...here, they'll be able to hit us with regular Chinese artillery." Somebody indicated a still smaller arc on the map and asked: "What happens when they get here?" The major cocked an eyebrow at his questioner, shrugged and replied, with an air of finality: "Then, we've had it." As it turned out, the Chinese had nothing heavier than mortars...
...limited to its round-eyed televiewers. Last month Fawcett Publications put the captain between the covers of a comic book. Last week Columbia Pictures announced the filming of a 15-episode movie serial based on the captain's adventures. Says Caddigan proudly: "I guess we've arrived...
...ve heard of it," said Zorn, and shuddered as he thought of the Todal-"a blob of glup [that] makes a sound like rabbits screaming, and smells of old, unopened rooms." Still worse, the Duke explained, "it's made of lip [and] it gleeps...