Word: bitting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...handed tillers of the soil. Eugenie Anderson has traveled in Europe, studied music in Manhattan's Juilliard School. She has an intellectual's taste in art, books and music. Nevertheless, the appointment, which made her the first U.S. woman to become an ambassador, seemed like a pleasant bit of business for all concerned...
...Anderson, mother of two children, has long had a passionate, if amateur, interest in world affairs. Five years ago, in an effort to do her bit in molding the world, she got into Democratic politics in Minnesota. She worked diplomatically and well, became a national committeewoman, helped to swing the state to the Democrats...
...there were already signs that the crop, while large, would not be as big as forecast. In Iowa,the nation's biggest corn producer, the corn borer had done more damage than ever before. A dry summer had also hurt a bit. The Department of Agriculture lopped off almost 80 million bushels from its original lowa crop estimate of 662 million bushels. Then one day last week, the wind came...
...seemed, managed to keep busy during her stay in stir. She declined to discuss the bastard child to whom she gave birth two years ago in prison, but showing off her fairly fluent English, she told reporters that she had been writing her memoirs and would have "quite a bit to say about the Americans and the Germans." Reflecting on these lines, Use grew shrill during her interview and accused the press in general of "making money by telling a pack of lies" about her. "Go away," she finally snapped at her questioners...
Pondering a bit after last Saturday's 31 to 6 loss to Holy Cross, Coach Henry Lamar of the Yardlings has shifted his backfield around a bit, and has decided to use a simpler series of plays...