Word: fervently
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...individual because if you don't give him strength he is nothing." He said that those who claim the C. I. O. is dominated by Communist or Nazi philosophy lie: "And that goes for Old Lady Green down in New Orleans." But mostly his speech was emotional, fervent in its testimony of the C. I. O.'s accomplishment, the valedictory of the man who was once the most accomplished orator in the U. S. labor movement and one of the most militant labor leaders in its history...
...ultra-plain parish hall of Detroit's Salem's Lutheran Church. Said ruddy, robust Dr. Emmanuel Poppen of Columbus, Ohio, their president: "The church's 1,600 pastors and 2,000 congregations must have an opportunity to be heard." Upshot: the American Lutherans expressed a fervent hope that they and the United Lutherans might both soon be united with the Missouri Synod. They appointed a new commission to continue negotiations...
...Dealers like Leon Henderson, fervent Weir-haters all, agreed with his criticism of the Administration for having been so slow. Their common ground: U. S. pig-iron production has lagged behind the steelmaking rate, forced steel men to use more & more scrap in each melt. But steel operations, at capacity for weeks, are already running ahead of the scrap supply. Best evidence of the scrap squeeze: in depressed 1938, the industry melted 18,000,000 tons of scrap, of which 10,000,000 tons were piled up out of waste material at its plants, 8,000,000 tons bought. Last...
...meandering route of Democratic Vice-Presidential Candidate Henry Wallace. Joliet, Morris, Ottawa, LaSalle, Peoria. Local politicians climbed aboard, appeared beside him on the rear platform. The crowds that gathered to see & hear numbered in thousands. If they did not rock with enthusiasm, they listened carefully to Willkie's fervent voice. He did not spare himself. His voice began to croak...
...memory by distributing salty Sumner sayings, which are a joy to every good Republican. More importantly, the anniversary was marked last week by the publication of a centennial edition of Sumner's Folkways (Ginn; $4), a profoundly influential book. Wrote Yale's William Lyon Phelps, a fervent Sumner admirer, in the introduction: "Folkways is a book that never was a best seller and has never stopped selling. It has a steady persistence, reminding us of the tide, that makes no sound and fury and that nothing can stop...