Word: helmed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ingenuous band is ostensibly at the helm of the first postwar issue of the Advocate, and her presidential duties for today include a visit this morning to football practice and an interview over WHCN...
...week were earned by her defense of Russia's use of the veto, her hostility to Britain and occasional cracks at the U.S. (Sample: "Though it is claimed that democracy is the rule of the day in America, actually there is no voice of the people at the helm of affairs.") While other nations were still waiting to be allotted suitable Embassy quarters in the crowded capital, newly arrived Mrs. Pandit went straight to the head of the diplomatic queue, was promptly given a well-kept brick residence by Soviet officials...
...Government had a policy. Now, there is growing anxiety whether the country has a Government. ... In difficult times the British people will always respond to strong leadership. By so much more are they likely to be dismayed by the discovery that there is no hand at all at the helm...
...DiMaggio's talented teammates look up to him as the man who sparks the show, but Joe himself says: "It's the man at the helm ... the pilot." The man at the helm is shrewd Manager Bucky Harris. Not the least of his talents is keeping peace between the players and rambunctious Larry MacPhail, the club president. The blowoff that cleared the air came May 22, when MacPhail fined six stubborn players (including DiMaggio) for refusing to cooperate with the Yankee promotion office. From that day, with the team mad, the Yankees rolled up 34 victories...
...Congress which had a hard time swallowing the British loan, and is constantly tightening its purse strings. Nor will the recent squabbles with the President improve the chances of a program which must be considered administration-inspired, even with a non-partisan Secretary of State at the helm. The proposals will only too likely involve partisan politics, an inescapable danger with 1948 elections already tugging at the parties. Only a minor miracle could pull the plan from the clutch of politicians zeus fully reaching for campaign fodder...