Word: armful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...could get nothing more from him than that he might be sending still another special message to Congress that afternoon. Thus it was no great surprise when White House Messenger Latta trotted into the Capitol at 2 o'clock that same day with a Presidential document under his arm, trotted out again. What was surprising was that the Roosevelt message should be held back for more than two hours until Senator Pat Harrison could get the Social Security Bill through the Senate (see p. 10). Then Congressmen, quite ignorant of the President's intentions, settled back to hear...
...issue. His Majesty's Government objected that a German navy 35% as strong as Britain's in total tonnage might be built with a disproportionate allotment of German tonnage to submarines or some other special craft, thus enabling Germany to equal or exceed Britain in that special arm, while keeping within the general limit of 35%. The British seemed willing, Ambassador von Ribbentrop told Realmleader Hitler last week, to capitulate on the basis that Germany should have a navy 35% as strong as Britain's in each and every category of ships-battleships, cruisers, destroyers, submarines...
...fourth round Baer seemed suddenly to settle down to business. Striking an antique posture with his long left arm extended, Baer measured his opponent, cocked his deadly right, sent in three uppercuts. Braddock staggered as the round ended...
...Supreme Court killed off the Blue Eagle, the stockmarket pierced its long-established ceiling, shooting into new high ground for Recovery. With typical perversity, it shot downward even faster after the NRA decision. Some swift price-cutting developed but that merely served as a stiff shot in the arm for retail trade. Business as a whole kept a stable keel...
...Obediently the secretary stood aside until the room was filled, then stepped down to close the door. He did not notice a calm, boyish-looking man who slipped past him, his right hand bandaged in a handkerchief. Out of the handkerchief spat two bullets. President McKinley slumped on the arm of an aide. Instantly the young secretary was at his side. "My wife," murmured the wounded President, "be careful, Cortelyou, how you tell her-oh, be careful." During the eight-day vigil that followed, it was Secretary Cortelyou who took charge of the dying President's sick room...