Word: gloving
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Eden's principles and dropped nothing but his aspirates." (Commoner Bevin still occasionally drops his aitches; during the war he whipped on his workers with "Give 'itler 'ell!") Different as Ernie Bevin is in manner and method from urbane Anthony Eden, and from all the kid-glove and silk-hat diplomats before him, he has not veered from Eden's course. He growled to a friend not long ago: "Everyone is expecting me to change our foreign policy. What these people forget is that facts never change...
...guest. He carried his 71 years lightly. His voice was firm, his hands steady, his face and fingers just perceptibly wrinkled. He walked toward the grate to give the fire some encouragement. Swiftly he moved the screen aside, thrust the poker into the coals, put on a thick glove and tossed a fresh chunk of coal squarely into the center of the fire. He made these casual, hostly gestures with neatness and dispatch. But as he was settling again in the deep sofa, something disturbed the Prime Minister. He hopped up, shifted the fire screen one-half inch...
Already in the bag were 20% raises for Amalgamated's 15,000 glove and neckwear workers, its 15,000 retail salesmen and journeymen tailors, and 25,000 laundry workers. Never, in all the negotiations, had it been necessary to dig up the unfortunate "relic." (Thirty-one-year-old Amalgamated has not had a general strike or lockout since 1921.) But the results were there...
Double Trouble. In Vallejo, Calif., Shopkeeper Jack Hocker offered to ex change a right-hand glove for one of the two left-handers somebody stole from his shop...
...third day, Dodger Augie Galan got tossed for kicking dirt at Umpire Barr (fine: $50). Dixie Walker followed-for flinging his glove in the air in disgust (no fine). In the final game, Brooklyn's hotheaded Ed Stanky had his $50's worth of fun. He threw his hat high in the air after a called third strike, and Umpire Barr again did his duty as he saw it-thereby setting a new record for canning players from consecutive games...