Word: brunt
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...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 overseas...
Rear Admiral Ruthven Libby, one of the allied negotiators, last week stoutly predicted that chances of a truce are still 50-50. A man who has borne the brunt of many Red jeers, he manfully tried to justify his unhappy assignment...
...directed at Price Boss Michael V. Di Salle, whose 18% rollbacks of livestock prices start going into effect next week. On short notice, Di Salle was hauled before the House Agriculture Committee to defend his order. Who, asked Cattle Congressman W. R. Poage of Waco, Texas, will bear the brunt of the rollbacks? Won't it be the ranchers? And what immediate relief, asked another representative, can consumers expect? For hours Mike Di Salle took it on the chin, supplied generalities rather than facts & figures. Finally, he stepped wearily down with the comment: "I'm bleeding." Snapped Committee...
...eastern flank of the peninsula, U.N. naval forces bore the brunt of probing the enemy, sapping his buildup, keeping him as much off balance as possible. The port of Wonsan, 80 miles above the parallel and a key traffic hub, was under continuous fire; by week's end it had endured 43 consecutive days of bombardment, a naval record exceeding that achieved in the siege of Vicksburg.* Rear Admiral Allan E. Smith, in command of the naval task force off Wonsan, described the operation: "In Wonsan, you cannot walk on the streets. You cannot sleep any time...
...Keep Your Heads." Socialist tempers frayed quickly, but the brunt of the Tory tactics was borne by a Tory, Clifton Brown, 71, for eight years the icily impartial speaker of the House. Once the hubbub grew so loud that Mr. Speaker regained control only by bellowing: "It's quite impossible for me to know what anyone is saying." To Winston Churchill he said: "We are getting very excited . . . Perhaps that is exactly what the Right Honorable gentleman likes to see." Brown weathered the rowdy week, then collapsed from exhaustion, sent word he would be absent until after Easter. Parliament...