Word: begin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Even while reporters were gathering at the White House (and presumably, too, in London's Ministry of Information), a Reuters dispatch, datelined "Lisbon," went out by radio to the world. It announced that the Cairo meeting had been held, that the conference with Stalin was about to begin. By the time Washington correspondents were sputtering angry explanations to their managing editors, Berlin had picked the Reuters dispatch, was industriously ladling out counterpropaganda...
...cushion for the lean? Mr. Chase is not sure. Practically any politician could set his mind at rest instantly with the obvious answer: No. "Americans," he writes, "traditionally regard taxes as a burden and a waste, if not an outrage. . . . They will have to change their ideas and begin to think about taxes the way they have been taught to think about insurance. You pay now in order to avoid calamity later...
...lives again through the moment when the twelve-year-old boy, not knowing that he was observed, gave up the money he was saving for a scout ax to a man in need. He sees the glamor and cruelty of his son's shy first love, sees him begin to assume responsibilities in the drugstore. Then one day the boy achieves the certitude that World War II is everybody's business. He enlists in the Navy. His father sees him go off to war, waving good-by for the last time. At this point, where memory...
Dancing to Ken Reeves' orchestra will begin at 2000. Main event of the evening, the show, in which such perennial favorities as Dr. LeCorbeiller, Mr. Lett, Sam Parker and many more of the Cruft Staff display their respective talents in a madcap review, will begin at 2100. Beer, coke and other refreshments will be served to guests...
...Czar Ickes stepped into the fracas, recommended immediate construction of two new pipelines (one to Billings and Laurel refineries in Montana, the other to connect with Stanolind's big line to Salt Lake). When the new lines are pushed through next year, Nettie's homestead will really begin...