Word: hope
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that moment there had been good reason to hope for an early settlement. The board had denied a wage boost. Steel operators had been pleasantly surprised by the moderation of the board's recommendations. They were ready to sit down and talk when Phil Murray sounded his trumpet. Murray, in effect, was demanding that steel accept the board's recommendations first and bargain afterwards...
Airman Crommelin knew what he was risking: "I'm finished," he declared. "This means my naval career. But I hope this will blow the whole thing open. Up to now, I've felt like an accessory to a crime. I can't stand it any longer...
Cheaper Cars. With glacial firmness, Cripps had been saying for months that there would be no devaluation. Such statements were intended to bolster the world's waning confidence in sterling, but they failed of their purpose. Foreign buyers were holding up orders in hope of buying British goods more cheaply after devaluation...
China. Acheson and Bevin agreed that Chiang Kai-shek's government was beyond help and beyond hope, except for the hope that Russia might not be able to exploit the Communist conquest. Britain has heavier investments in China than the U.S. has; she is more eager to stay in business there, despite the fact that the Reds have killed Britons and shot up British ships in the Yangtze River. The U.S. and Britain agreed that in making deals with the Communists, they would look out for each other's interests...
Sorrowful Jones. The boozy sentiment of Damon Runyon's Broadway, heavily spiked with Bob Hope gags (TIME, June...