Word: grating
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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British historians, who have lately begun to write more books about the U.S., still grate on U.S. ears. Typical excerpt (from a discussion of the Declaration of Independence by Historian C. F. Strong in The Story of the American People): "Some of these postulates, far from being self-evident, are not even truths, and it is now generally admitted by American historians that the philosophy of the Declaration is dubious, and most of the grievances hardly fundamental...
...self-educated boss of the Trade Union movement, and Minister of Labor is a strong man. . . . All three are forceful, tireless, fearless, arrogant, patriotic and stubborn." "And now," wrote Beaver's 19th Century Baxter, "as the guns won't stop, I shall. The fire in the grate has gone to sleep, which seems an excellent idea...
...numbers 2,500 and these professional fire fighters were generous last week in praise of the unprofessional A. F. S., who number over 25,000 men and 5,000 women. "When you consider that most of these fellows have never been near a bigger fire than their sitting-room grate, they are a miracle," boomed a Brigade officer. "Our men are hardbitten, experienced fighters and they trust the A. F. S. boys to the hilt...
...hearty voice began to grate with constant wear till it sounded like someone shucking corn. He proclaimed: "You'll hear me called a New Dealer and a Democrat. If there's one thing I have done it's fight the New Deal. Why, some of these other fellows who call themselves Republicans were selling off the regalia while I was defending the lodge." To a statement from 40 Republican Congressmen which hinted that he was "unavailable" because he was a neophyte Republican, onetime Democrat Willkie retorted in a favorite phrase: "That's a lot of spinach...