Word: daze
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...like a good soldier. After all, he thought, what could you expect with a military man running the whole set-up? It was probably the efficient method. And perhaps this was the way to handle veterans; hit 'em with a crisp military tone and they'll comply before the daze wears off. "You can't treat these guys too soft," he could imagine one Harvard Medical Officer sneering. "They're used to the rough stuff...
...Brunswick, welcoming close to 500 cars a day, roughly figured its take was already close to $8,000,000, with more business to come in September and October (a hunting month). Ontario, in a golden daze, was sure last year's $96,000,000 tourist income would be topped by at least 20%. French Canada estimated that it would entertain at least 15 million Americans, knew only that the profit would be enormous...
Starling idolized Woodrow Wilson. His first exposure to Wilson left him "in a daze...
...appointment to Vassar surprised her. Says she: "I've been walking around in a daze since then...
Last week, too, twelve French newsmen trooped happily into the White House for a courtesy call. An unsmiling President met them, snapped that he had only one thing to say: the U.S. was not getting a square deal in French newspapers. After shuffling out in a daze, the visitors set to wondering what the President was mad about...