Word: broking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...next move was Yugoslavia's. Belgrade broke diplomatic relations with Chile, said it could not do business with a country whose foreign policy was dictated by an outside power (meaning the U.S.). Santiago gave it right back, said the break was O.K., pointedly added that the only Yugoslav official in Chile had already left the country...
...Rich & Broke. It was eleven years since the composer of Der Rosenkavalier and Salome had visited England. During that time his fame had increased as his fortunes had gone down. He still looked fit and florid, but Richard Strauss was broke. Though his operas and orchestral suites were frequently played throughout Europe and the U.S., he had received none of the benefits. At war's end, the Allies impounded his sizable royalties-(estimated at $460,000 from British and U.S. performances alone) for reparations...
...series was perfectly timed. It broke the day before news of the Comintern's revival, with the result that more than 25 other top U.S. newspapers promptly signed up the series. (Nine book publishers also bid for it.) The eleven articles would take few prizes for good writing, but their unemotional factualism and scope made them an impressive job of reporting. With some of their startling conclusions, many a reader would probably take issue-even though they were backed by the conservative Trib...
...capital letters. There are other difficulties, too. Once, when the program was on the air, Sy waved a frantic cue at her from the director's box, and Marie dazedly waved back. Another time, when a special speech by Senator Taft forced cancellation of an Irma broadcast, Sy broke the bad news: "Senator Taft's coming on in place of us." Marie stamped her foot and pouted: "You promised me, no guest stars...
Late in the 1930's, young U.S. leftist intellectuals began to feel badly shaken in their convictions, including the conviction that they knew what they were talking about. This was the period when Arthur Koestler and others broke the news about Communism, and this is the "middle of the journey" for Trilling's principal character...