Word: boiles
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Since World War II began. New Zealand politics have simmered in a sticky Cabinet stew. Last week they came to a boil. The Labor Government, with a comfortable majority at the war's beginning, agreed in the interest of National unity to admit the Nationalist (conservative) Opposition to the Cabinet. To satisfy Labor members who disliked the idea, two Cabinets were established, one to run the war, another to run internal affairs. Two of the five War Cabinet members were from the National Opposition...
...coast of Texas the sea began to boil. The water level in the Houston Ship Channel rose more than seven feet. The roads leading from the exposed coastal towns were jammed with refugees. At Port Arthur 500 home guards patrolled the highways and the levees. At Houston defense guards patrolled the city by automobile; 2,700 more citizens volunteered. Torrential rains fell; closed windows in the editorial office of the Houston Post could not keep out the rain; there was half an inch of water on the floor. Rice farmers along the Texas coast watched the tender stalks-the biggest...
...boil over when you '43 and if you boil over when you read the morning papers or bubble over at the mere thought of trying out your personality and sales technique on Cambridge and Boston business men, then come around to the Crimson on Tuesday night and you'll find an outlet for your emotions...
...tactless, the book sent many Canadians into gales of laughter, enraged others, who yanked copies from Toronto bookstore windows. The Toronto Star, refusing to review the book, commented: "Do you think our newspaper is printed on asbestos?" The Star's sports columnist suggested: "We could boil them in oil over a slow fire...
...speeches in chronological order, divides the book into chapters corresponding to the successive political shocks which Europe has suffered in the last 20 years. A table of world events sets each speech in its proper historical context. They are enough to make a good democrat's blood boil...