Word: barrelers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Anybody listening outside the door of our overseas communications room around six o'clock in the evening might think that we had trapped a hornet in a rain barrel. That angry noise is, however, the voice of our London "talker" coming in over the transatlantic radio telephone at some 300 words a minute...
...Russian demands are so unreasonable that there is no possibility of their acceptance, we can suspect that Premier Stalin's avowals of love and friendship toward all should be immersed in an entire barrel of salt before being swallowed. If their requests can reasonably be granted we should make every effort to see that they are granted. We can then watch Russia's actions. If she exhibits a spirit of goodwill and co-operation, well and good. We can look forward to a fear free future. If, however, Moscow continues to agitate, obstruct, and demand we can expect the worst...
...finals the crowd turned out 5,000 strong. Barrel-chested Smiley Quick, public links champ, caught the crowd's fancy. He wiggled his wide hips before lacing into every shot, but his woods and irons fell far short of easy-swinging Ted Bishop's. On the greens, 5 ft. 5 in. Quick did his brightest stuff. When he sinks a short putt, he usually dives for the ball just as it drops in. On hole No. 4, he chipped the ball from 60 feet, ran after it all the way to the cup; it sank for a birdie...
Peons on Tractors. The cowboy was not the only Venezuelan countryman to get Government help. Determined to share the country's million-barrel-a-day oil wealth as widely as possible, President Betancourt pressed schemes for gradual land redistribution, a $6,000,000 irrigation program, and 148 new rural schools. To shore up food production and boost rural living standards (most Venezuelan peons get about 1,200 calories a day), he pinned his hopes on mechanization. The U.S. State Department backed this program by putting Venezuela high on the Latin delivery list, right after Mexico and Brazil. This week...
...tell you the truth, I haven't" answered Contratto, "but I suppose if some joker walked in and put $150,000 in cash on this table, I'd sell it to him lock, stock and barrel...