Word: compact
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...scarcely had young Mr. Carey drawn a resolute breath before the Communists popped out. They supported the President all right in his program of all-out aid to Russia, Britain and China, and incidentally repudiated old friend John L. Lewis* But a compact, fast-stepping minuscule minority seized control, persuaded the delegates to kill every anti-Red resolution Mr. Carey suggested. Carey-men on the floor flopped helplessly. The radicals argued that Carey had too many jobs, climaxed the session by getting the electricians to short-circuit Carey and oust him from the presidency...
...Compact, greying, pitcher-eared, with jowls that would do justice to a mastiff, Bill Henry is no stranger to radio. Five times a week he does a West Coast commentary, is sometimes heard on such CBS news roundup shows as The World Today. He claims he was the first radio front-line correspondent of World War II. He came by the distinction rather fortuitously. When he went to Europe in 1939, it was to advise the Finns how to get set for the 1940 Olympics. As technical director of the Los Angeles Games of 1932, the Berlin Games...
Meanwhile, without attracting much attention, a compact, snaggle-toothed young man of 23 knocked over opponents like straw men, moved down to the finals with the loss of only one set. Bobby Riggs, ranked No. 2, had thrice won the Sea Bright Tournament, the first major grass-court tournament of the season. Bobby felt fine this year. His weight was up five pounds (to 140) and he had found out how to relax in the middle of a match without lowering his game. Tennis fans consider him the smartest, nearest thing to a veteran in the present crop of headliners...
This week Missionary Sir Stafford saw his mission accomplished. In Moscow, after two audiences with Joseph Stalin, he sat down with Foreign Commissar Viacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, drafted and signed a 117-word compact between Britain and Russia...
...tremendous influx of skilled labor brought sharply to the attention of the Star the need for a bright, compact newspaper in modern tempo. At the same time . . . a modern motor-coach system . . . makes the old, large newspaper impractical to read while riding." Thus last week the Seattle Star gave its reason for becoming the Pacific Northwest's first tabloid. There were other reasons. They were something of a tabloid story in themselves-a story of mismanaged inheritance, hairbreadth financial escapes, family squabbling...