Word: grabbing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Flagstad case is a superb example of unbiased journalism. I might be wrong, but it was my impression that World War II ended two years ago. And didn't we defeat Naziism at that time? Or are we so insecure in our victory that we feel compelled to grab at the flimsy evidence wrapped around one of the . . . greatest Wagnerian sopranos of all time, and persecute...
...first issue included an editorial on the Truman Doctrine ("In 1901, Theodore Roosevelt said, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick.' . . . Mr. Truman runs the risk of speaking loudly and then having to grab an atom bomb") and a profile of Henry Wallace, who is due in London next week. Excerpts: "There is still a Messianic strain about Wallace. He can embarrass his foes. But that is nothing to the embarrassment he causes himself and his friends...
Every August there was a visit to her maternal grandmother, the Countess of Strathmore, where Elizabeth and Margaret could romp in the ancient corridors of Macbeth's Castle Glamis. There were English Christmases at Sandringham, where the whole family gathered to sing carols, play charades, Dumb Crambo, Animal Grab and Consequences, and dance the Sir Roger de Coverley. And always & everywhere there were friendly relatives, dogs and horses...
Before the U.S. goes very far on the road toward leadership of a democratic world, it will need a definition of democracy that the world will understand (see above). Last week at Moscow, George Marshall made a grab for such a definition. He told the Council of Foreign Ministers: "To us a society is not democratic if men . . . are not free to express their beliefs and convictions without fear that they may be snatched away from their home and family," and without fear "of being denied the right to work or deprived of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...
...Crimson, with an average six and six dual meet record behind them, will certainly not enter the championships the favorite. With only four men who are capable of getting anywhere against the class of competition which will appear at New Haven, Chief Boston's men will do well to grab a couple of places. Defending champ Navy and powerhouses from Syracuse, Lehigh and Penn apparently will decide matters...