Word: buzzed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...avoided tributes to Ducreux's wartime services and his promising political career? And, at the funeral, there was no honor guard, no wreath from the Assembly. Something was amiss, something which well-intentioned old Herriot had been at pains to conceal. After ten days of buzz-buzz in the corridors of the Assembly, Paris-Presse broke the story. Deputy Ducreux had not been Deputy Ducreux: his real name was Jacques Tacnet. Why had he changed his name...
Originally, Bob Taft did not intend to walk into this buzz saw. But that intention led to the inevitable accusation that he was afraid to stand up against Ike. Last month, Taft Strategist John D. M. Hamilton led a task force to New Hampshire to look things over, and announced "surprising and encouraging results." Taftmen noted with pleasure that March 11 is the annual town-meeting day, on which residents gather at churches, schools and town halls to discuss town business. Their fond hope: that a good percentage of the small-town folks will step over to the polling booths...
...vote of no confidence against the Tories. It was Attlee in the House who was called upon to move the vote, describing Butler's proposals as "irrelevant, unnecessary and unfair"-but the language was Bevan's. Then from the crowded back benches Nye Bevan rose amidst a buzz of anticipation to show Leader Attlee how to conduct an Opposition case...
...pilot was merely trying to get the boss's daughter to come out of the house so he could drop her a love letter? Euclides got mad. Fed up with all flat-hatters, he rushed from the barn. Next time the plane came round for a low, slow buzz, he swung his trusty leather laço-and lassoed the plane's propeller...
Over the Bordeaux-Merignac aerodrome in southwestern France, pilots find it wise to buzz the field once before trying to land. Buzzing disperses the sheep that graze contentedly between the runways. At one end of the field the 126th Bombardment Wing of the U.S. Air Force makes its headquarters...