Word: doored
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Smith, however, still following his instructions, added one casual, friendly thought. He said: "As far as the U.S. is concerned, the door is always open for full discussion and the composing of our differences...
Never Say Die. In East London, Union of South Africa, a heart patient, who had been ordered to avoid exertion or excitement, in one day 1) battered down a door and interrupted a suicide, 2) chased and caught a speeding driver, 3) acted as midwife in a sudden emergency, 4) survived...
Tart Rebuttal. The Kremlin thought this over for several days, then invited Smith back to receive Molotov's reply. After a self-righteous rehash of Soviet policies and a charge that the U.S. was to blame for everything wrong with the world, Molotov leaped delightedly through the "open door...
...sudden glare of urgent, unreasoning hope spread. Said a Greek government official: "This may mean the end of the civil war." Said the Manchester Guardian: ". . . An act of statesmanship." In Paris, Canard Enchainé kidded happily: "General de Gaulle has sent a message to Maurice Thorez, saying the door remains wide open . . . Gaston Palewski [one of the general's chief aides] has stated he is ready to engage in conversations with Jacques Duclos' chambermaid . . ." Newsboys brandished their headlines like victorious flags. "No more cold war," cried Franc-Tireur, "the ice is broken...
...shipment of British-built Ford cars, the Anglia and Prefect, were landed in New York. The cars, smaller and more expensive than U.S. Fords, have four-cylinder, 30-h.p. motors and do 28 miles on a gallon of gas. The price, f.o.b. New York: $1,395.64 for a two-door Anglia; $1,620.95 for a four-door Prefect. Young Henry Ford expects to bring in 12,000, thus make his own test of the U.S. market for small cars...