Word: broking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...political advisers analyzed the case, on purely tactical grounds, it did not matter that his action was a reversal of policy. Twelve months ago Harry Truman had taken a merciless rawhiding from organized labor after he broke the railroad strike and proposed drastic emergency anti-strike action such as jail terms for recalcitrant labor leaders, and Army conscription of workers who balked. "Slave bill" had been labor's name for that measure, as it was for the Taft-Hartley bill. Labor's rallying cry then was: "Down with Truman" (TIME, June 10, 1946). Cool heads in Congress-notably...
...four-mile course itself was lined on one side by all species of craft from leg-driven, paddle boats to sumptuous three-masted schooners. On the other side, wherever piers broke through the dense shrubbery on the bank, stood enthusiastic crowds. In all, an estimated 5,000 viewed the race...
...broke off as he saw in Pendrake's eyes the defensive glaze one assumes when listening to a religious or political fanatic. He extended a hand and said, "Goodbye, kid. Lucy's expecting...
...bluff Jim Farley made one of the most effective U.S. political teams of all time. Farley did the spadework; F.D.R. sowed the political and sociological gardens. Then the team fell apart. Last week, 26 months after Roosevelt's death, Big Jim began to explain "Why I Broke with Roosevelt," in Collier's magazine...
Toast to Themselves. At a parliamentary lunch at Chateau Laurier, Harry Truman rose for an impromptu speech. He thanked his hosts for his red-carpet welcome and tigerish ovation. Then he raised his glass of port in a toast: "The Parliament of Canada." The M.P.s broke into 0 Canada, and followed it with five verses of Alouette, while Harry Truman beat out the rhythm on the table...