Word: bucked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...front-line correspondents and armchair experts had a Buck Rogers field day. They solemnly guessed: 1) that the balls of fire were radio-controlled (an obvious absurdity, since they could not be synchronized with a plane's movements by remote control); 2) that they were created by "electrical induction of some sort"; 3) that they were attracted to a plane by magnetism...
...political news in local circles is of course the class election which incidentally, was held amid scenes worthy of the most successful national convention ever run in Chicago or elsewhere. The results have Buck Ayars and Sam Wolf as co-chairmen of the class council; Bob "500" Grinaker as secretary; Phill Masquelette as our tight-fisted treasurer; and Bernie Bienvenu and Ed Rinetti as co-chairmen of the SAC (Social Activities Committee) which promises to be active in the near future, especially around March 1. The other main event listed. for the council's consideration is the class year book...
...jovial Major General Patrick Jay Hurley, who has been coal miner, cowboy, mule skinner, lawyer to the Choctaws, buck private and presidential envoy extraordinary, began his newest job: U.S. Ambassador to China. His letters of credence had not arrived from Washington, but Chungking waved aside such formalities. In the American Embassy Pat Hurley held his first press conference, told reporters how he had taken part in parleys between Chiang Kai-shek's Government and the Chinese Communists. It was a strangely unself-conscious tale...
...Army game of passing the buck has to end somewhere. Overall Army policy is made in Washington by War Secretary Stimson, and General Marshall, Hap Arnold, other members of the General Staff...
...lavish spender, Rose is also a tough bargainer. "Only a sucker," he once remarked of picture-buying, "pays the price asked." Accused of being "slow with a buck," Rose retorted: "Sure, but do you know anybody who is faster with a hundred thousand...