Word: bolting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...NEVADA, Democrat Thomas B. Mechling, a newcomer, is ahead of George W. ("Molly") Malone, despite Democratic Senator Pat McCarran's bolt to support Malone...
...yourself" idea (TIME, June 30 et seq.). His men grade the site and lay a concrete slab foundation, which is left to dry for a week. Then a truck dumps off floor beams, wall sections and other parts of a house. In 27 minutes two men bolt the frames together, throw up the walls and hoist the roof in place. Insulating material, then three coats of stucco are put on the walls, while other crews put in wiring and plumbing; before leaving, the workmen lay bathroom and kitchen tiling and an asphalt driveway. Though there is nothing inside but bare...
MacLeish could not be reached for comment on his new position last night, but Dr. Finley, who has regularly voted the Republican ticket in state elections, said he will bolt the Republican ticket for Stevenson because of his "candor, power, and courage...
...Faced with two halves of the same Camembert cheese, one carrying a bigger price tag than the other, French housewives "always" ("You hear me-always") ask for the more expensive piece. ¶Presented with both halves of the same bolt of cloth, customers not only buy the higher-priced half but actually invent reasons justifying the price difference...
There was cheering and applause from a majority of the delegates, stony silence from a minority. Jimmy Byrnes, whose word would be listened to all through the South, had wiped out the possibility of a leadership bolt in South Carolina...