Word: fights
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...practical end of a long and less than noble fight. Despite all the talk about economizing, the House had only pecked away at the President's own bloated budget. The Senate in turn had only pecked away at the House's appropriations; more frequently the Senate had actually increased the sums recommended by the House. A small, bipartisan bloc of economy-minded Senators had fought steadily for 5%-to-10% cuts, but just as steadily a Senate majority had overruled them. The discouraged economizers tried the only course left to them. They tried to pass the buck back...
...Robert Ryan plays a courageous pug at the brutal end of a small-time fight career (TIME, April...
...first phase of the Communist offensive in Finland was over. The Reds' carefully timed barrage of successive strikes had so far failed to paralyze the country's economy or to intimidate Premier KarlAugust Fagerholm's tough Social Democratic government. But the fight was not over. For the second phase of their drive, the Red strategists had held back some important reserves: Finland's 55,000 metalworkers...
...Hatfields and McCoys of baseball were at it again; for the fifth time in nine years, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Brooklyn Dodgers were in a slambang fight for the National League pennant. The hopes of the other six clubs were as dead as Abner Doubleday's grandfather...
Effect & Pattern. With all the testimony in, the board retired for a fortnight to draft its recommendations. Though neither side has to accept the findings, they are bound to have a potent effect; the side that flouts them may well have to fight public opinion in case of a strike. The steelworkers have set a Sept. 14 deadline for an agreement-or a strike...