Word: dither
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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While the "shore patrol boys" were working themselves into a dither over the situation. I arrived at a marvelous but simple conclusion--why not turn the Common into one big victory garden? This would certainly help the food situation in Boston and it would also remedy the aforementioned condition. But immediately the objection would be raised that it would only make it harder for the "shore patrol boys" to find people between the corn stalks or the cabbages. However, it would be necessary to water the garden at some time, and the solution might be to water it all night...
...House got into one of its periodic anti-labor huffs last week. In a dither of debate and determination, by a vote of 270-to-107, it passed the Hobbs bill to end labor racketeering. Authored by Alabama's drawling, union-hating Representative Sam Hobbs, the bill would make criminal such tricks as stopping out-of-state trucks, forcing the trucker to hire a local union driver or pay his day's wages...
...Economic Dither. He got something for his losses. Sir Thomas is often referred to as the greatest amateur in musical history. He is probably the only figure in that history who has been angel, impresario and artist all at the same time. He hired the finest operatic artists he could find, supervised their operas, conducted in the pit-and ended by reinvigorating the whole art of opera in England. On the side, he conducted symphony concerts in Queen's and Royal Albert Halls, introduced England to compositions by Sibelius, Strauss, Stravinsky, Delius and many other contemporaries...
...Thomas' reputation with the baton increased, his finances became more confused than ever. In the early 'aos, in a complete economic dither, he gave up music altogether, concentrated for four years on balancing his books. By 1927 he had decided to take a fling at the U.S. He left London in one of his monumental (and dramatically effective) huffs. Said he: "England is finished, not only musically, but every other way. The only thing for anybody to do is to give up and go to America. After a few months' experience as a guest, I will stay...
...part of the frightening food situation which last week had all Washington and half the U.S. in a dither (see p. 11), U.S. food packers gave one hard & fast reason: Government buyers are snapping up canned goods as if they expected every canner to close shop tomorrow. Last year the Government bought 75,000,000 cases of canned fruits and vegetables, a walloping 31% of the biggest pack on record. This year's buying schedules are bigger still-140,000,000 cases, over one-half the total pack...