Word: abruptly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...England, which had been surprised and hurt by the President's abrupt termination of Lend-Lease (TIME, Sept. 3), housewives and editorialists joined in praise of the "generous gesture." At home the President's opponents at last had something to get their wisdom teeth into. Cried Ohio's Senator Robert Taft: "We are going to face many trade restrictions from England and other [countries], and Lend-Lease would have given us something to bargain with if the President hadn't so hastily given it all away...
Harry Truman's abrupt termination of Lend-Lease (TIME, Aug. 27) reverberated around the world. Most nations took it philosophically, but Britain was hurt and worried. The blow fell while Britain was tightening its belt against a winter of bleak prospects (see FOREIGN NEWS...
Last week, Charley Ross was both elated and worried by the abrupt offer of his boyhood chum. If he accepted, he would have his finger on an exciting piece of history. Still, the job was a well-known heartbreaker, and it paid only $10,000 a year (Ross gets $35,000 from the P-D). Besides, Publisher Pulitzer was dead against his leaving...
Dramatically, "Hotel Berlin" is poorly constructed, with a great many unnecessary scenes added to creat atmosphere. The action is fast-moving and exciting until the end when the whole thing comes to an abrupt stop, leaving the audience up in the air. However, it is pleasant to see several characters end up in front of a gun. Doubtless, many moviegoers will feel they amply deserved their fates...
...Revolt. To the seething union the case was obvious-the company was maintaining womanpower in Dayton's war-tight labor market without raising its basic wage rates. Finally the foot-tapping ceased. With abrupt, feminine exasperation, the operators went on strike...