Word: felted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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That afternoon, he gave congressional leaders the news. He did not ask how they felt about it. "He told us," Speaker Joe Martin said. The following night, Harry Truman went on the radio...
Because the President had injected what was certainly a political issue and because he had called the session without a by-your-leave, Republicans felt free to declare the session wide open. One of the first issues many of them wanted to take up was tax reduction, which the President had twice vetoed. Said House Majority Leader Charles Halleck: "Tax reduction ... is urgently needed if we are to have increased production...
Names & Numbers. As Witness Menjou stepped down, Chairman Thomas declared a two-minute recess. After that Man of Distinction, anyone else was bound to be something of an anticlimax. The next witnesses felt their fate but did their best. Esquire's Movie Critic John Charles Moffitt fired in all directions...
Livestock feeders had been worried over the end of ceilings, and even more because many grain growers refused to sell before prices went up. By week's end, feeders felt better; stored grain was coming into the market, and prices for beef cattle were rising enough to absorb higher feed costs. The prairies stirred under the dangerous tonic of rising prices...
...walkaways from Fordham, Lehigh, and Western Reserve, and a close 14 to 7 decision over Princeton three weeks ago. The Scarlet dropped its opener to Columbia 40 to 28. In this game, they led 28 to 27 at the three-quarter mark, after erasing a four-touchdown deficit, and felt certain of winning before Columbia rallied again...