Word: bargaining
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...another of the 21 Republicans who (with seven Democrats and Independent George W. Norris) were opposed to approving the agreement; they spoke much more of the danger of short-circuiting the Senate than of the legislation itself, or its purpose of keeping the U.S. end of a bargain Panama had fulfilled...
Miss Reynolds, latest candidates for Ginger Rogers' place, keeps well apace of the co-stars through most of the picture, working well with Astaire and singing in the bargain. Against this background the film's outstanding feature is a record-breaking swarm of new Berlin songs that would make any producer happy. "White Christmas," "Abraham," and "Be Careful, It's My Heart" nicely set the stage for a good performance by Crosby, while Astaire matches his best routines with an inspirational fire-cracker dance. With this to offer, "Holiday Inn" takes current honors for ninety minutes of good showmanship...
...Schwab castle sold at auction. A spokesman for a group called the Friends of St. Francis stepped up and bid $32,500 for the castle and 240 acres of the 940-acre estate. It was the only bid. Real-estate men, though tempted by such a bargain, held their peace. When the castle went to the lone bidder, the spectators cheered...
...army deferments for some of their students, on the grounds that lawyers hold many big jobs in the war effort (notable example: War Secretary Henry Stimson); a law course is good training for military command. Now most of them are resigned to making the best of a bad bargain, namely, small enrollments composed of women...
...Japanese, who might have counted on the Aleutians as a flanking base during operations against Siberia, as a point from which to threaten Alaska, Canada and the U.S. West Coast, and as a handy spot from which to block supplies to Asia, appeared to have made a bad bargain...