Word: bigs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...garage, barn or yard and stopped. Local 234 of the C.I.O. Transport Workers Union was on strike. Next morning Philadelphians got to work as best they could, through four inches of snow. The Reading and Pennsylvania Railroads ran extra trains; hundreds of private car pools went into operation; big companies used their truck fleets to pick up employees; and thousands of people simply walked...
...week's end, the straphangers guessed they would lose, whatever happened. If the company kept its offer low the strike would go on; if the union won a big raise the public would have to pay for it in increased fares...
...this month in Sofia's massive grey stone Palace of Justice on the Boulevard Stalin. Remarked one observer of Communist methods: "The confessions will be read and each witness will be asked if he said that. The movies will be there. They will make this thing a big spectacle...
...Dominican radio station Voz Dominicana has always had a big Haitian audience for its 8 o'clock Spanish music broadcast. One night last week, the station changed the program without notice. Instead of Spanish rhythms, startled Haitians heard a bland, firm voice calling for the overthrow of "that bloodthirsty, dishonest, cowardly assassin," Haitian President Dumarsais Estim...
...tune called El Cafetin de Buenos Aires, then wound up their day with a fling at roulette. Though nowadays only waiters and casino attendants dressed after dark, much of the-old Argentine formality persisted. Most sedate of all were the descamisados, who packed the half-dozen big government-owned hotels. They seldom danced, the women never wore slacks...