Word: doored
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Follette-Monroney reorganization act, passed at the last session. The man who would head it would be Maine's Owen Brewster, who is itching to rake back over those years when the Republicans were outside looking in. But authorizing one special committee, Democrats argued, meant opening the door to many "special" committees and violating the spirit of the reorganization act. Nebraska's Kenneth Wherry was already knocking at the door with another special committee to mull over the problems of small business...
Hooray for Hummon. They were rewarded. In the early hours of the next morning the legislature "elected" Hummon governor (161 to 87), and swore him in. Then, while crowds of the faithful ran ahead to pound and bay at the door of the governor's office, Hummon set out to get his rights. But Governor Arnall, a pudgy, cocky little man, stood...
Hummon turned pale, in the best historical tradition. He clenched his teeth, said, "We shall see," and turned on his heel. The crowd charged the door to the governor's office. Anteroom furniture was splintered and an Arnall aide had his jaw broken...
Among those ruins, music and laughter were an unusual sound effect. The policeman, who was new on his beat in Berlin's ghostly, once posh Zoo district, decided to investigate. He found a door marked only with the sign "Please Pull Hard." He pulled. Inside were smartly dressed men & women, lounging at a long bar or drinking champagne at small tables. A singer and piano player trilled out melodies...
...Gimo, his nose red in the cold, saluted and haoed. They trailed Marshall up the ramp into the plane for final words. As they emerged the Gimo almost brushed off his military cap against the hatch top; he caught it in time and came down smiling. The hatch door slammed; 49149 rolled away. As it lifted into the air, with the snow-dusted purple mountain as a backdrop, the last one to wave adieu was Ambassador Stuart...