Search Details

Word: dismemberments (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

May his hair grow long in hell, said I; here's another "think piece." But I continued to read with an open mind. It didn't make much sense--in fact, I had just decided to dismember it, and was tucking the napkin under my chin, when I happened to...

Author: By E. PARKER Hayden jr., | Title: On the Shelf | 3/24/1949 | See Source »

...which had almost gone broke fighting a pilots' strike, last week appeared before CAB to fight a move to dismember it. CAB thought its routes should be split up among other carriers. As the hearings got underway in Washington, National surprised CAB by proposing something like a dismemberment plan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: On the Operating Table | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

Early this month, 5,000 Reds had jammed Düsseldorf's Rheinhalle for an anniversary rally. Reimann, an able rab-blerouser, harangued them for 2½ hours. He denounced the Ruhr statute as a means to "dismember the heart of Germany and make dollar slaves of German workers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Do Your Best, Max! | 1/31/1949 | See Source »

The week's biggest news was Molotov's first specific statement on Germany's political future. He started, true to form, by denouncing the Western nations' plans for a federalized Germany as a "plot to dismember" the country. But there were signs that the Russians might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONFERENCES: Not So Bad | 3/31/1947 | See Source »

He had legal authority for it. The new Brazilian Constitution which Vargas proclaimed in 1937 authorized him, for purposes of defense, to "dismember" Brazilian states and convert them into Federal territories (like Alaska), governed from Rio de Janeiro under special laws. Vargas' new territories, carved from five states (Para...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMERICAS: Vargas' Buffers | 9/27/1943 | See Source »

Previous | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Next