Word: busyness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Spit & Polish. The British mission to Washington has never (in peacetime) been as big and busy as it is today, although it has always been regarded as important. It has been presided over by a varied and colorful line of ministers and ambassadors: ¶Stratford Canning (1820-23), who reported...
Pope Pius XII, in a busy week, found time to grant an audience to Jersey Joe Walcott, and a papal decoration for "civic qualities, comprehension of spiritual values, and devotion to humanity," to William Randolph Hearst.
"I don't know yet . . ." said Unruh, in a matter-of-fact voice, "but it looks like a pretty good score." Why are you killing people? "I don't know," he said. "I can't answer that yet-I'm too busy. I'll have...
When the Black Magic caught up with Shirley May, Reporter Musel climbed up in the rigging, relayed his tardy report to U.P. by walkie-talkie. An eager-beaver Mutual newscaster tried to creep down beside Shirley May for a waterside interview, but she was too busy. From the Black Magic...
Rolling. Last week, Odium reported that production of the B-36 was finally rolling, and that Consolidated had made $1.5 million in the first half of 1949. For the year, Odium expects Consolidated to net from $3.5 million to $4.5 million. The Air Force, which had had to justify its...