Word: floating
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...philosophy there is a Wonderful Valley which is very much like the Wonderful Valley of the New Deal. There the people are clothed, fed, sheltered and educated. But where some philosophers advocate jumping off the cliff (as Taft sees it) and trusting to wax-fastened wings to float them down into the valley, Taft would use the paths. He wants the American people to reach the Wonderful Valley with their bones intact...
...nudes simply giggled, waved to friends, acknowledged admiring whistles, and claimed that their drunken friends had forgotten to bring their costumes. In a gesture of respectability the police took their names, but did not bother to turn them in. At the end of the parade, the float was pulled over and the girls grabbed by gallant or lecherous onlookers...
According to another version, the nudes appeared on a float labeled "For Export Only"-a reference to the fact that Britain's consumer-goods factories produce chiefly for export. A guest, inflamed by politics or alcohol, attacked the float. The crowd surged in. The float was upset. The girls were heaped on the floor. The fights began...
...Trianon proved so profitable that the brothers laid out $1,750,000 in 1926 to build the Aragon, which features Spanish-style towers, arched balconies, and a deep blue ceiling in which stars twinkle and fleecy white clouds float around. Says Bill Karzas, who never had time to polish his English: "We think what people want, we appeal to the five senses. We give good music for ear, beautiful place for eye, fresh air for smell, good chairs for comfort, and special ice cream for taste...
...Bank has not yet been able to decide what securities it will float to finance its loans. (Bankers gossiped that this delay, arising from internal conflict over policies, was the real reason for Meyer's resignation.) The chief difficulty is that most states prohibit savings banks, insurance companies and state commercial banks from investing in them. And so far the Bank has been able to devote little time to getting the laws changed. The job won't be easy...