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Word: butted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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It's Not a Curse. For months, Sawyer had been making the chicken-a-la-king circuit of businessmen's luncheons, often talking "off the record," but to big crowds, of the need for reducing Government spending. He even ventured some tentative criticism of the Administration's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Around Right End | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Did the Boss know what his man was saying? Obviously he did, and presumably Sawyer had his blessing. That did not mean that Harry Truman would hesitate to plaster the "special interests" with fresh taunts if politics dictated. It did mean that like many successful politicians, Harry Truman was capable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Around Right End | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

The pen scratched vigorously as Ross droned on: "The President of the United States came down this morning at 7:25 a.m. He went for his constitutional walk at 7:30 a.m.: . . was back at the house at 7:50 a.m. for a breakfast of grapefruit-" A correspondent interrupted to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Kitten on the Keys | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

When he grew more wheat or collected more eggs than the public would buy at his price, the Government's Commodity Credit Corp. bailed him out. That was all right during the war, when CCC, with $4,750,000,000 to draw on, could sell whatever it bought. Even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FARMERS: Plague of Plenty | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Occasionally John L.'s phone would jangle with news of another victory. Big John would dictate to a press aide a curt communique which concluded with a half-hopeful, half-commanding "More tonnage will sign." The press covered U.M.W. like a military HQ. Almost every night last week, U.M.W...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Communiqu | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

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