Word: formality
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...formal appearances in Santa Cruz, he drew no wild applause. But he got a wonderful break before he left town. Tough, chunky Harry Lundeberg, belligerent chief of the A.F.L. Seafarers Union and archenemy of Harry Bridges, asked for a chance to talk to him. The next day Harry Lundeberg startled everyone in sight. The Senator had told him that he was considering an amendment to the Taft-Hartley Act which would permit a closed shop if a majority of workers favored...
This fall, for the first time since formal athletics were resumed on a large scale a year ago, that goal is definitely ins sight. coaches who last year were starting from scratch in building new teams out of new talent will have a chance to go much father this year with a solid foundation...
...contribution in bases, materials, and men in World War II, brought down the house when he said simply and directly: "And I'm here to say that we don't forget our friends when they have been friends in need." That night, there was a formal state dinner at Itamarati Palace. Over champagne, Truman cordially invited Dutra and his family to visit the U.S. Said Truman: "We have never had such a reception. ... I am tempted to come and run for mayor of Rio de Janeiro and I think I could be elected...
Mother Moscow's city fathers were working to get her in shape for a formal presentation to history. Streets were repaved, automobiles were ordered specially polished and passengers with overly bulky bundles barred from the elegant subway. Even the underground river Neglinka, got a new concrete conduit in place of the old wooden...
...young man, Peacock, the son of a defunct London glass merchant, had become so disgusted with formal schooling that he elected to educate himself. He forthwith concentrated on the Greek, Latin, French, German and Italian classics-and was still at it when the fire broke out at Lower Halliford 60 years later...