Word: broking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Monteiro and Dutra told Vargas that he must hold an election. The dictator called in his Minister of War. "I can resign," he told Dutra, "or I can choose a candidate. I've talked to many people, and your name has constantly recurred . . ." "A great honor," Dutra broke in. Vargas, who had expected reluctance, was caught off balance. Thereafter, while he ostensibly supported Dutra's campaign, he actually sabotaged it behind the scenes...
...hours, Vince Foster boozed, brawled and broke training until Hurley was about ready to give up. Then last summer the manager thought he saw a light: after wandering aimlessly one Sunday into the cavernous Moody Memorial Church in Chicago, Fighter Foster got religion. He became more serious in his training; at his request, cursing was barred in the gym. Foster gave up carousing, went to Bible school twice a week, sang in a choir, carried a zippered Bible wherever he went...
...Engineer George Q. Herrick, of the Voice of America, was fighting a furious electronic battle last week for Russia's radio audience. His weapons were powerful transmitters spotted through the northern hemisphere. His projectiles were radio waves. Herrick chalked up a victory whenever the Voice's broadcasts broke through Soviet jamming to reach Russian ears...
Soviet transmitters began jamming the Voice's Russian-language programs in February 1948. They were not too successful then, but last month a mighty barrage of jamming broke out. It practically obliterated the Russian-language programs of both the Voice of America and the British Broadcasting Corp. Directional receivers proved that the Russians had put 150 transmitters...
Most important of these changes involves Myles Huntington. Huntington broke his left shoulder in the last hockey game of the year and was believed lost for the entire baseball season. However, he has gradually gotten back into shape and for the last two weeks has been working out regularly...