Word: boredly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There apparently were enough votes to pass the silver bill (which bore the endorsement of the Army, Treasury and WPB), so Pat McCarran stayed on his feet. If he ever sat down, Administration leaders hoped to call up a bill extending RFC's borrowing authority by $5 billion (to finance war-plant expansions). But squarely blocking such hopes was the threat of Oklahoma's Elmer Thomas, a leader of the farm bloc, to start all over again the battle over farm-parity prices...
Franco's threat bore the Axis stamp and perhaps foreshadowed Axis strategy. Whether Washington's recent diplomacy -kind words to Franco from President Roosevelt, loans, trade pacts-had come utterly to naught remained to be seen. U.S. relations with Franco were as cloudy, and perhaps as expedient, as those with Admiral Darlan. But U.S. and British military men took no chances...
...drunk in the Sanctum in honor of his ancestors who had drunk beer there in honor of their ancestors. There, at 4 a.m., he had quietly wondered what he was; there, at 3 a.m., he had stamped out the conga. On the very piece of furniture which now bore him, under the yellow daguerreotype of the bewhiskered 1898 Board, he had written his best editorial, had been introduced to feminine psychology, and had filled out his application to the Army Air Corps...
With shocking surprise, the stillness was shattered. German armored forces and motorized infantry bore down on the town from all sides. Once inside they sped for the harbor. At the Porte de Castigneau, leading to the naval base, there was a brief, sharp skirmish with French soldiers before the entry was forced...
...Pirate (by S. N. Behrman; produced by The Playwrights' Company & The Theater Guild) is the season's gayest bore. Everything conceivable has been done to make it seem that Playwright Behrman has really written a play. The sets are charming. The incidental music is lively. The costumes are gorgeous. Above all, Alfred Lunt & Lynn Fontanne-he at his most swashbuckling, she at her most mischievous-romp and cavort for all they are worth...