Word: blowed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...blow to newsgatherers who rely so often on information from undisclosed and undisclosable sources was a severe one. If a source can no longer rely on his anonymity--and there are contempt citations stiffer than ten days in jail--he is likely to refuse to talk. Unidentified sources are often vital to the coverage of governmental affairs. In an era of bureaucratic hush-hush the anonymous tipster has become a must for responsible reporters. To close his mouth is, in many cases, to deny the public valuable and necessary information...
...BLOW FOR FREER TRADE was struck by President Eisenhower, who refused Tariff Commission's recommendation to double 30% duty on umbrella frames. Boost would have aided four U.S. producers, who employ fewer than 500 workers and whose unit sales are running about 10% ahead of last year. It would have irritated friendly exporter nations such as Japan, West Germany, Austria...
Sixty young men of the Jenkins Township-Yatesville Borough Joint High School have struck a blow for freedom. They "remained away from classes," said the New York Times, "rather than wear neckties." We, who have maintained our right as responsible adults to attend classes open-necked, can say to our brethren of Jenkins Township and Yatesville Borough, "Courage! Hold the fort...
back to the East And I hit him a blow on the ridge...
Doll's House. Then came an even harder personal blow. Pregnant with her first child in 1943, Cinemactress Tierney went to the Hollywood Canteen to entertain the troops, almost immediately afterward came down with German measles. In the often-expected result, her newborn daughter Daria was physically beautiful but so mentally retarded that she will require lifetime institutional care...