Word: bulling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...order was going to be hard to enforce. Admiral William F. ("Bull") Halsey did not make it any easier. After the surrender ceremony on the Missouri, Halsey said he would "like to have kicked each Japanese delegate in the face...
...have our teeth in the cost of living and we are going to hold on like a bull pup," said OPA's plough-chinned Chester Bowles, giving notice that he means to hold prices close to 1942 levels. At the same time he promised to "hold down the cost of food, clothing and rent . . . establish far more effective controls in building materials and house construction . . . see to it that more low-priced women's and children's clothing comes on the market at easy-to-understand, ceiling prices...
Once again Admiral William F. ("Bull") Halsey performed for the photographers. Aboard his flagship, the mighty Missouri, he used a bayonet to slice a cake iced like a Japanese flag. But he was unhappy. He was about to go into Japan, and almost everybody expected him to ride the Emperor's white horse when he got there...
Around the President in Washington, and over the Allied world, a great debate raged. A doughface in the Philippines yelled: "Let 'em keep their Emperor-I'll throw in a pair of pants!" Admiral William F. ("Bull") Halsey, who had said that he would like to hang Hirohito and ride his white horse through ruined Tokyo, bellowed "No!" when asked if he had changed his opinion. Senators divided-"Execute him . . . Keep him." Suddenly, the Imperial issue was the issue of the Pacific peace. Upon it, the life or death of many men was about to turn...
...enjoy the course?" "Bull" Warren inquired. "The material was excellent, the presentation only fair," the Navy man announced. It took Professor Warren several moments to recover