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Word: flabbergasted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...First Lady at the train, arranged a luncheon, took her to see the Cannon textile mills 18 miles away, had Towel-Maker Charles Cannon explain how he treats 16,000 workers. Impressed, Mrs. Roosevelt nodded "My Day" approval in a way that would wound many a union man and flabbergast Columnist Westbrook Pegler: "In view of all this, which seems to meet high union standards, I was surprised to find that the mill was not unionized, but Mr. Cannon said they had always had good labor relations ever since his father had started the mill in '88." Charles Cannon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Salisbury Entertains | 8/24/1942 | See Source »

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