Word: icing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Elements. In Fort Scott, Kans., Weather Observer Frank Hewitt resigned after explaining that there was just too much ice, cold and snow for one man to cope with...
...handout from the U.S. since war's end: a $25 million short-term loan, for the purchase of fertilizers and electrical equipment. The loan was a gilt-edged risk, backed by Spanish gold reserves deposited in London, which made Chase happy. Spain was happy just to have the ice so firmly broken. Crowed one Spanish negotiator: "If I refuse to do business with a man simply because I don't like his face or manner, I would not change my mind even if he were to give me his diamond ring to back a deal. If I accept...
...President said that he still wanted a $4 billion tax increase. Next day, the House Ways and Means Committee, which originates all tax bills, promptly put the measure on ice. North Carolina's conservative, old (85) Robert L. ("Muley") Doughton, the committee chairman, wanted to wait & see if a slump really was developing...
Dick Button upheld his men's figure skating supremacy by winning his second straight world championship in Paris yesterday. Button has not been beaten in two years on the ice...
...coordination. Their plays seemed to be better developed and their shots were apparently harder to handle. Add to this enough luck to cause a pipe shot to deflect into the goal instead of out into the rink and you have the two goal edge the Indians enjoyed while the ice was being remade...