Word: cockiest
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Human Welfare State. Even the cockiest delegates were a little awed as Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas told them what labor had wrought. Said Douglas: "The human welfare state is the great political invention of the 20th Century. Labor was its prime promoter ... All groups in society-farmers, business, and the professions-were its beneficiaries...
...Jersey, the last leg of the great political caravan, he had ridden into Elizabeth with confetti from New Brunswick still in his hair. He was the same confident Wendell Willkie who had said before his nomination: "I am the cockiest fellow you ever saw." Saturday noon, the train had rolled into Penn Station in New York City, and stopped at last. That night, more than 22,000 supporters jammed Madison Square Garden in the most tremendous rally veteran reporters had ever seen, and Willkie raised his arms, to receive an ovation that transcended everything that had gone before...
...Cockiest of the services is the rough, tough Marine Corps, whose boast is that its men are born looking for a fight. Limited to 20% of Navy personnel, the Marine Corps's strength was recently raised from 25,000 men to 34,000. Last week its roster was full. The Navy, with only 53,000 recruits to go to fill its authorized quota of 193,000, was in no hurry to get them, figured that next March would be time enough to complete its full fighting strength. Reasons for the superior drawing power of the Navy over the Army...
...Kansas, a somewhat baffled Alf Landon introduced the utilities executive as the "vigorous, energetic and amazing Wendell Willkie." Said Mr. Willkie to Alf Landon and a Kansas crowd: "I'm the cockiest fellow you ever saw. If you want to vote for me, fine. If you don't, go jump in the lake and I'm still...