Word: fussed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...opening of the session, Lee indicated that he saw little reason for all the fuss. Though he did eventually recommend a slight increase for the schools, he seemed to have all sorts of other matters on his mind. Among other things, he wanted the legislature to provide uniform textbooks for the state, to forbid teachers to engage in politics while under contract, and to put their salary rais.es on a merit basis, rather than on a basis of degrees and seniority. He accused the Utah Education Association of being nothing but a pressure group, said that the state P.T.A...
...Morris Poulson, were "filthy, risque and off-color." Eartha herself pleaded not guilty. Said she: "I can't understand it. I didn't think it was possible to shock politicians." The King and Queen, already on their way to New Mexico and Texas, were bewildered by the fuss. "We saw nothing wrong with it," said King Paul. "We both enjoyed it very much." Echoed the Queen: "It was lovely." But the modest Californians refused to drop the subject. Said Councilman Don Allen: "The King and Queen must wonder what kind of yo-yo heads we have...
Cabled back to Rio, the interview kicked up such a fuss that Aranha rushed out with a further explanation, claiming in effect that he had been quoted out of context. He said that he was not against constructive investments that stayed in Brazil and were content with moderate profits; the trouble was that there has not been much of that kind of U.S. money around in recent years. The burden of both U.S. and Brazilian taxation, explained Oswaldo Aranha, "leads U.S. enterprises to seek investments and profits here that the weakness of our economy cannot stand...
...authors make little fuss about difficulties. And only occasionally does the beauty of the wilderness tempt them into the kind of lyricism that surged up in Meriwether Lewis on June 8, 1805: "[The Marias River] passes through a rich fertile and one of the most beautifully picturesque countries that I ever beheld, through the wide expanse of which, innumerable herds of living anamals are seen, it's borders garnished with one continued garden of roses, while it's lofty and open forrests are the habitation of miriads of the feathered tribes who salute the ear of the passing...
...line set up by A.F.L. Theater Managers and Agents marched in front of the Lyric Theater in Baltimore when Spanish Dancer José Greco and his troupe came to town. The charge: Greco was touring without the aid of a pressagent. Although the public ignored the pickets, and the fuss got good publicity, Greco gave in, hired a pressagent before moving on to Washington...