Word: chair
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Thomas from his presidential swivel chair. Thomas had the support of U.A.W.'s Communists (not that they loved Thomas so much as that they hated Reuther more), of Secretary-Treasurer George Addes, of everyone else who disliked or feared bumptious, ambitious Walter Reuther...
...atmosphere of tension and hysteria Reuther at last went to Convention Hall to hear the decision. With sideline fist fights, near-riots, shouts of "quack, quack" (the auto workers' way of saluting Communist colleagues), with threats and pleas for order from the chair-and with most of the 60 lady delegates voting for Reuther-labor's most democratic union elected its leader. Reuther squeaked in by a hair (4,444 to 4,320). R. J. Thomas wept and stumbled off the stage...
...Hussein Ala would be heard in spite of the Russian objection, Gromyko announced: "I am not able to participate further in the discussions . . . and I therefore leave the meeting." He waited for the French and English translations of his statement before rising. Then he pushed back his chair, straightened his black double-breasted coat and walked briskly toward the far door, followed by his three advisers. His normally pale face was flushed. For the first time, Jimmy Byrnes' brow was beaded with sweat...
Hussein Ala was the nervous Persian. The little, diffident, birdlike, polite Ambassador clicked his heels and bowed as he took his seat at the table. As he presented his case in British-tutored English, he sat, unrelaxed, on the edge of his chair. For Iran and all the other United Nations his position was symbolic...
Frank Sinatra prepared a seat for himself on the swivel-chair side of the entertainment business. Incorporated in California: a million-dollar sports-&-spectacles arena (still on paper). Mr. Big: Sinatra...