Word: face
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...principle than one of various prides & prejudices. Fairless objected to Government fact-finding boards; moreover, he was outraged by Murray's settle-or-I-shoot tactics. Murray had sounded his war cry so furiously that now he could not retreat an inch. Nor did Murray want to face the slightest possibility of another labor leader (i.e., John Lewis or Walter Reuther) getting a better settlement than he could...
...tons of coal a day, about 18% of the nation's normal output. Coal stocks above ground were enough to keep the country running normally for about two months; with steel shut down, the supply would last far longer than that. The miners themselves, with winter to face and grocery bills to pay, were restless...
...Bogart "for life" in a pronunciamento delivered in tones as sepulchral as if he were being sentenced to the electric chair. It was, the management explained, his second offense -he had once insisted on keeping his hat on and threatened to push his cigarette in a customer's face...
...poniard of truth." Churchill heaved himself to his feet and objected to the word "lies." The bewigged Speaker overruled him. Thereafter Churchill sat back impassively, sometimes as if dozing, and let the waves of invective roll over him. The only sign of anger was the growing pallor of his face...
...Yankees now hold a 2 to 1 edge in the series with Ed Lopat scheduled to face Don Newcombe in Brooklyn at 1 p.m. today...