Word: halt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...called a halt. Said the Red Cross: "We don't know what to do. All the boys want to see him. We just give them his address and tell them to try to get in on their own!" Just Big Kids. One afternoon when Picasso wanted to choose his own company or have none at all, three G.I.s, all bashful smiles and no French, arrived. Picasso let them have a look around his studio, then tried to make them understand that he was busy. They still made no move to leave. So, said Picasso, "I gave them...
...hungry U.S. citizens were served a thin slice of good news last week. But before they could chew it well, bad news ruined the taste. The OPA would hopefully try to distribute more evenly what limited meat supplies there are. Meanwhile, during July, August and September, the U.S. would halt all meat shipments abroad for Lend-Lease and relief...
...appointment might also do much to halt the deterioration of Sino-Russian relations. No longer could it convincingly be charged that, as Acting. Premier, T. V. Soong was merely a figurehead in the Chungking Government. As Premier, his rank would enable him to negotiate on an equal footing with Prime Minister Winston Churchill or Foreign Commissar Viacheslav Molotov (Soong is also China's Foreign Minister...
...second half brought the onslaught. Wearied and unable to find replacements until near the close of the contest, when several late-comers arrived upon the scene, the Crimson squad was unable to halt the parade of scores by the opposition...
Last week, after listening to George Marshall's soldierly warning, the Senate threw out a proposal to require a year's pre-combat training for men under 20. It also threw out an attempt to halt the draft of men over 31. But then, turning its back on the President and the Chief of Staff, it adopted an amendment barring the use of 18-year-olds in combat unless they have had at least six months' training. The vote...