Word: boringly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...some hard editing and trimming by the boss. Last week Westbrook Pegler, who has seen the blue penciling on the wall, drafted a new set of ground rules for himself and proved he was still master of the humorous, wry style that made him famous before he became a bore. Wrote Pegler...
...ignore Stevenson's avowed wishes and vote for him anyway. It was a move likely to have immense psychological impact on other delegates, who were sure to feel that canny Illinois politicians would not go so far out on a limb unless Stevenson would accept the nomination. It bore its first fruit the same evening when 32 Pennsylvania delegates announced that the Illinois governor was their candidate; Kefauver had 14 votes in the Pennsylvania caucus, Truman 11, Harriman only...
Unlike the Republican outlook of last fortnight, the pre-convention prospects of the Democratic candidates bore little relation to the votes publicly committed to them. Early this week, the candidates (other than Stevenson) lined up thus...
...wafer dish. Then out they went, as silently as they had come. Paris newspapers estimated their choosy haul at 50 to 60 million francs ($142,860 to $171,430). His missing pictures were not insured, but the Duc de Luynes took it with a shrug. Said he: "What a bore! Just as I was planning to take off for South America...
...plummeted from $1.50 to $1.06 a Ib. Though Bolivia and other tin producers protested vehemently, the U.S. has since been able to buy tin for $1.18 a Ib., a price it considers fair. Last week, in a special report, the Senate Preparedness ("Watchdog") subcommittee roundly commended Symington because he "bore the brunt of the battle" against the tin producers. The committee said the thrifty tin-buying policies of the RFC had saved the U.S. $500 million. It also recommended a careful study of "the history of the tin negotiations ... as a guide" to other government agencies who buy raw materials...