Word: fronte
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sneering and shouting by defense attorneys, of contradictory testimony from Reds, ex-Reds, agents of the FBI, of high excitement and vast boredom came to an end then in an instant of dead hush. Pretty Mrs. Thelma Dial, wife of a musician, foreman of the jury, looked straight in front of her and said: "We find each and every one of the defendants guilty...
Just before the Tories convened, Lord Beaverbrook, most powerful of Tory publishers, splashed across his front pages his own ten-point program for Britain's salvation. His main points: ¶ All-out effort for empire self-sufficiency ("The empire comes first . . . Without the empire not only is there no hope for the future-there is no future"). ¶ A minimum wage of ?6 ($16.80) for British workers, but at the same time "no limitation on dividends. Pioneers should be encouraged to go into . . . new industries...
...reporter: "I was lying there in the wreckage when I saw a man approaching, and I thought: 'Thank God, here is help at last.' Instead, he just leveled a camera at me, and bang! then he was gone." Presbrey's exclusive picture (see cut) made the front page of the Star and went all over the country by wirephoto. Hard-boiled Reporter Presbrey sent the girl a print of the picture and a message: "I'm sorry, but deadlines are deadlines...
...year later, Presbrey had to dodge gunfire again to get another beat. He was on his way for a quiet beer just as the cops flushed Dillinger Henchman Homer van Meter, then Public Enemy No. 1, from an apartment hiding place. In trying to escape, Van Meter ran in front of Presbrey's car. Presbrey jammed on the brake and the cops poured 40 slugs into Van Meter. Now, after such narrow escapes, Paul Presbrey is getting a little mystical about his luck. Says he: "Sometimes it scares me. But I couldn't stop going if I wanted...
...foreign policy, the record of President-Congress cooperation was much better than on the domestic front. Bipartisan policy was continued this year with the North Atlantic Treaty, the Mutual Assistance Program, and extension of ERP. The Administration succeeded in extending reciprocal trade agreements in spite of strong Republican opposition...