Word: caught
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...down on his luck: there was a readiness to help, a realization that the friend's desperate situation wasn't exactly, or entirely, his own fault-and some annoyance. Dwight Eisenhower, in a casual press-conference remark at a family reunion in St. Louis last week, caught some of that mood. Said he: "Their situation is terrible and they must have sympathy, but we must realize that we are not a bottomless...
Then, in the last decades of the 19th Century, a mighty competitor arose to threaten British trade. U.S. productivity caught and then far surpassed Britain's. The leadership in world finance and trade passed into American hands. Declining Britain could no longer earn enough abroad to pay for what she needed to buy abroad to maintain her living standard...
...sunset Tito caught his first fish, which was soon followed by a second. In 90 minutes he caught seven. "Who is the best fisherman," he inquired gaily, "me or President Truman...
...fine form, Bryant missed only one entrance cue: between scenes he went aft to inspect his catfish line, and found it snagged. After wading in to pull it clear, he returned to the stage muddied and breathless in time to ad-lib to King Claudius : "I just caught the damndest, biggest fish...
Latter-day showmanship has caught up with the Goldenrod. Gone is the calliope; today's come-on music blares out of a phonograph loudspeaker. Past the grimy, scrimshawed deck railings, among the faded filigree inside, customers can find two Coke dispensers and a popcorn machine...