Word: afterthought
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...apparent afterthought, Diplomat Simich observed that no U.S. official had spoken out clearly for Tito, that the Yugoslav Ambassador to the U.S., Constantin Fotich, was a cousin of quisling Milan Nedich, yet persona gratissima in Washington. Fotich, said Simich, controls all Yugoslav Cabinets through his control of Yugoslav gold...
...jeeps and trucks and waddling busses, a ceaseless need for speed. But people told each other the hubbub was just a part of war. Then last week, the Assembly voted 2-to-1 to lift the ban on private cars, unanimously to permit taxicabs and motorcycles. Barring a legislative afterthought. Bermuda's restful tempo was gone for good...
...them in to see big President Bill Jeffers. Everybody shook hands. Said Jeffers: "Anything you want, just let us know." A U.P. man found them desk space down the hall. They moved in with an armful of mimeographed orders. As an afterthought, Jeffers' assistant provided the officers with an advertising folder, containing a map of the Union Pacific's rail network for them to study...
...convention floundered ahead, fumbled for a statement of policy. The delegates quibbled and quarreled about allowing China to enter their Federal Union (perhaps the Chinese still need "practice in democratic procedures"). They endorsed the Fulbright Resolution, and (almost as an afterthought) the Moscow agreement...
...nearby ships went a victory message: "Scratch one hearse! Scratch one hearse!" (In Navyese, a U-boat is a hearse.) As an afterthought, the message added: "Pallbearers in the water...