Word: clings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Traditionalists in lovemaking, as in most other aspects of social intercourse, die-hard Japanese cling stubbornly to a stylized amorous technique. Last week, to protect the customs of the country, the Tokyo Home Office announced a sweeping ban on all foreign love stories, particularly the French. The younger generation, newspapers explained, are apt on reading such literature to become deplorably excited, indulge in unJapanese kissing and carresses...
...goal they cling to: Liberty...
...Eagle Squadron drew its first blood last week. In a daylight sweep over German-occupied French territory, these U.S. fliers who had volunteered into the R.A.F. had been ordered to cling to the wings of a bomber squadron, and not run jauntily off for dogfights...
...make the test rapidly effective, General Marshall wanted authority to rip away the red tape which hedges many an unqualified officer. By law, officers who are found unfit by reclassification ("B") boards may cling to a long and cumbersome appeal procedure before they are finally ousted. Congress last week was asked to cut this cackle, by giving final power to remove the unfit, without appeal or palaver, to a new board of five or more General Staff officers...
John Lewis' United Mine Workers long ago condemned Communism, despite pinkos and fellow travelers with whom Lewis once surrounded himself, some of whom still cling limpetlike to his coattails. More alarming is the strong position of Communism in the National Maritime Union, the Transport Workers Union, and the American Communications Association- key spots in any national emergency...