Word: dismissal
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...feather-filled air he finally cornered Butch. As Mr. Morgan described the interview: "He began hollering at me and yelling for me to dismiss Mrs. Preston Davie. . . . 'Fire that dame! Fire that dame!' he kept yelling." Mr. Morgan decided that the time had come. He handed over his resignation. LaGuardia snapped it up. Shouting, "La commedia è finita!,"* opera-loving Fiorello waved Mr. Morgan goodby, threw Mr. Morgan's secretary out after him and demoted Mr. Morgan's chief inspector. Gritted Mr. Morgan: "A complete and utter outrage...
...routine announcement of policy would require no further comment. But the casual reader of the Crimson will dismiss this as the pat communique of "another political organization"--and of this failure to reach the mind of the undergraduate for whom it seeks to speak the Liberal Union is acutely aware. The Liberal union takes this opportunity publicly to thrash out the causes of an apathy which negates the basis of political organization...
...could destroy Italian cities by night bombing expeditions and with the aid of the British navy they can send the Italian fleet off to Davy Jones private pool. But if the Germans refuse to admit the seriousness of the stakes in Africa their recent actions of forcing Petain to dismiss Weygand and their efforts to obtain control of the French fleet prove that they are quite aware of the importance of this blitzkrieg in the Battle of the Mediterranean. Yet, while it is possible for them to fly men and light supplies into Africa, it is impossible for them...
Most of the discussions of the strike going on this week at the captive-coal mines sound like plain prejudiced shouting. Men who shudder at the very mention of the word "union" dismiss the side of the workers without a thought of the rights of the union shop. Men who get the same reaction to the word "management" refuse to consider the side of the steel companies. Defense addicts accuse the strikers of disloyalty. Isolationists claim the government measures are the opening wedge of fascism...
...Social Democrats were displeased and puzzled when Tanner talked about "our German friends." They attempted to dismiss his remark by saying he must have had a couple of acquavitas. Though camouflaged with the job of Commerce Minister, Väinö Tanner, as leader of Finland's largest party, is the strong man of Finland. He hates Bolshevism, but is afraid to accept Soviet Karelia lest Russia win the war and swallow Finland. He dislikes the Nazis, but is afraid to run out of the war lest they swallow Finland...