Word: fours
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When the issue came to a vote, the government won by 353 votes to 222 in a party lineup. The vote against the government was the largest in four years...
...Mukden, after studiously ignoring him for about four months, Communist officials finally paid some attention to white-goateed Consul General Angus I. Ward, 56. The Reds arrested him and four members of his staff. The charge: beating up a discharged Chinese employee, one Chi Yu-heng, after he had demanded severance pay. The entire population of Mukden, the Communist radio reported, was demanding punishment for "this savage and brutal act perpetrated by American imperialists." Ward has not been allowed to communicate with Washington since his arrest...
Push-Ups for Warmth. Consul Paul Paddock and Vice Consul Culver Gleysteen arrived in Dairen in June 1948. From that time on, they were sealed off from all except occasional radio contact with the outside world. In 14 months, they received mail twice. During the last four months of their stay, the Russians made daily attempts to jam their radio contacts with the U.S. State Department...
Arriving in Manhattan, Britain's crusty old (70) Conductor Sir Thomas Beecham had undergone no sea change. He planned a concert and lecture tour in the U.S. and Canada, including four stops in Texas, where, he intoned, "Western culture has arrived at its highest peak." Having disposed of these kind words, he turned on modern classical music: "A continuous succession of promissory notes. Composers are always promising but only keep on promising." What about bebop? Snapped Sir Thomas: " What the devil is that...
...some 600 new gospel songs published by the firm every year. To outside writers (who submit more than 5,000 songs a year) Stamps-Baxter pays $5 to $10 for each song published. The company also runs a school in Dallas to train itinerant song leaders, has four traveling quartets...