Word: bearing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sumner also added that he did not bear any grudges toward the HLU. But the actions of distributors were necessary to protect movie theaters against unfair competition. In recent weeks RKO and United World have cut the HLU from its supply of movies...
Chairman Herriot, grunting like a frustrated bear, scratched his massive head and remarked that there did not seem anything to do except refer the controversy back to the Western Foreign Ministers, who will meet in London this week. Herriot's callers were escorted to the door by five ushers in evening dress. As the delegates got into their cars, Paul Reynaud told a British journalist that on this issue Britain appeared en mauvaise posture. "Yes," the Briton translated freely, "we are on a bad wicket...
...placing of blame involves a separate examination of each specific case where a legitimate complaint can be made. In one case the University will bear the responsibility; in another it is Cambridge. Perhaps the easiest villian to overlook is the citizen whose home or commercial establishment fronts on a street in the vicinity of the Square. Essentially, easy winter walking depends upon a good neighbor policy of shoveling sidewalks immediately after a snowfall. In chilly New England a quick job in this respect alone can prevent the formation of an icy coating which will remain until the thaw...
...these will bring many of France's thoroughbred poodles and poms running to their masters. It came about in the natural course of a standing Société Centrale Canine de France (French Kennel Club) policy which decrees that all show dogs born in a given year bear the same initial. This year the club's registry reached the letter X. As France's dog lovers pored diligently over their dictionaries, they were reassured by club officials that it was not absolutely necessary to choose such names as Xantippe and Xavier. X-Rags, X-Rover...
...stocks, Dow-Jones industrial averages went from 180.28 to 191.06, and the rail averages went from 57.97 to 62.27. Both of them "broke through" their previous high marks, established in 1947. For the large number of investors who swear by the Dow Theory, the "breakthrough" meant that the bear market was finally over, the bull market had arrived...