Word: chews
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...column is looking for a swing columnist and a theatre expert for its "From the Pit" department. So, if you'd like to chew the rag with the Count, the Duke and the rest of the aristocracy and point out Benny Goodman's latest solid records to Harvard's jazz fans, or write penetrating studies of the theatre, come in and talk it over through the team of a can of beer...
...carry out his threat to martyr himself to save his ceilings was still a moot question. If Congress makes his resignation the price of a subsidy bill, he may have to follow through. On the other hand, as he cagily mentioned last week, "A lot of personalities are being chewed up around here, but the trouble is I don't chew so damn easy." So far, the public has shown more appetite for chewing on Congressmen than on their Price Administrator...
...innovator, a skilled administrator, he is a man tough of hide and mind. He parts his thin ribbons of hair precisely in the center of his head; gave up smoking cigarets, now chews (gum). In his new job, he will have plenty to chew...
...wings); that when the company attempted to fire suspected men, the union intervened; that the Navy stepped in to end sabotage. From the plants also came rumors that confusion, inefficiency and mismanagement had delayed production. From aircraft circles came gossip: Brewster officials had bitten off more than they could chew. From James Work, chairman of the Brewster Board, who has seen his company mushroom from a little subcontractor into a big prime contractor with over $100,000,000 worth of orders, came only silence...
...Mahoney is chairman of a Senate subcommittee studying Western resources. Ickes' timely proposal will be put in the form of a bill for the Public Lands Committee to chew over. "I have definite hopes that we are getting somewhere now," said Joe O'Mahoney...