Word: dropping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Recently, speaking of "NonObjective Art," I suggested that TIME (among others) take a course in "Non-Adjective Writing." But the matter now seems more hopeless. So, I disrespectfully suggest that we, right here and now, drop the whole Art Department of TIME as a malicious libel not only upon the entire subject of Art but all honest artists everywhere...
Fighting raged on through Caracas' steep, narrow streets the next day. Pro-Government Communists broke into a local barracks, appropriated guns and uniforms. From a new, six-story housing project they attacked the rebels. Loyal cavalry joined the assault. But rebel planes, swooping low to drop bombs squarely on the attackers, settled the issue...
...move was well-timed. American Airlines Inc. had already announced that its first transatlantic commercial flight, in a DC-4, would leave for London this week. Hastily, American tried to decide whether to drop its fare to meet Pan Am's rate. Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc., which could hardly wait to start transatlantic flying in DC-4s, suddenly cooled. It decided to postpone its Atlantic service until its fleet of highspeed, low-operating Constellations are delivered next month...
Married students, most of them returned veterans, are facing an acute housing problem, so serious that many of them may have to drop out of college because they can not afford high rentals or because they cannot get any rooms...
Johnny recalled the informal atmosphere at the weekly Sunday afternoon jam sessions, where one could walk around with a drink in had sans the bother of officials attempting to enforce Boston's Sunday liquor laws. Everyone in jazz, even those in service stationed nearby, was sure to drop in at the Ken. PeeWee the Great came in one Sunday and stayed for a few weeks. Three or four Pepsi's flavored by the smoky atmosphere were sufficient to send Mr. Russell to dreamland, so the drummer invested in a small bell which gave with resonance when tapped by a drum...