Word: beckon
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With one hand he would beckon the Dictators to a peace conference table, with the other he would make the largest gesture of "force to force" that he knew how: move the Battle Fleet back into the Pacific where it could offset any Japanese menace to Great Britain, France and The Netherlands in the Orient...
Cinder tracks, rock and rill beckon this afternoon as Varsity and Freshmen cross country candidates report to coaches and managers at 3:15 o'clock at the Dillon Field House. Coach Jaakko Mikkola will start what he hopes to be another successful cross country season with a short talk in the upstairs lounge...
...Beckon me down...
...well - much as great rival bankers might discuss a merger each has been trying to perform before the other-discuss the matter of the old Orthodox Eastern Church and to which realm (Rome or England) it is to be united. In his encyclical of last fortnight, the Pope earnestly beckoned to his "su-preme chair of truth" all non-Roman sects, with special aim in the beckon to Eastern Christians (TIME, Jan. 4). Well-informed as he is, the Pope doubtless knew what was to be the gist of an official Anglican-Orthodox report which would be made public...
...White House, where Premier & daughter made their initial call at once. Host Hoover in the Blue Room was so eager to plunge into business with Guest Laval that an aide had to wrinkle his brow and beckon to the President. Thus reminded of Mrs. Hoover's existence in the Red Room, the President led the Lavals thither, presented them...