Word: bored
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Remember that false U.P. flash on Japan's surrender? An I.N.S. man here told me it was obvious that that flash was a phony. For example, the flash bore a number, and flashes never bear numbers. And worst of all, the phrasing of the flash was all wrong. The message was a complete sentence. . . . That is not flash language...
Spare, ascetic T.U.C. General Secretary Sir Walter Citrine did his tactful best to smooth the waters. But the Congress bore Meany no hard feelings. From the rank&-file members of the T.U.C. he received a handsome gold watch. The presentation was made by President Edwards. Said he, twinkling: "This is not Lend-Lease...
From his exile in Portugal, Führer Plinio Salgado advised Brazilians that now, as always, the Integralists believe in universal suffrage. Pointing toward the Dec. 2 presidential elections, Salgado urged his followers to bore into the existing political parties, form strategic blocks...
...these humiliations Lou Ruppel bore patiently. He could afford to: his two-year contract (including a $10,000 bonus for signing) totaled $90,000. Last week, with 13 months of Ruppel's contract still to run, Hearst had been unable to humiliate Ruppel into quitting. Hearst finally...
This year his drug and cosmetic business should gross $24 million. Next year he expects to see it hit $36 million. But he yawns like an idle lily at the idea that his record is a rags-to-riches one. Says he: "The Alger story is a bore...