Word: ideals
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...series of 19 McClure's articles; they brought in a gusher of public resentment that flowed all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which did the final busting in 1911. Her rose-tinted 1925 biography of U.S. Judge Elbert H. Gary foreshadowed her discovery of the ideal businessman in 1932's Owen D. Young...
Witness Mr. Roosevelt seated more erectly and less comfortably in a partially upholstered chair of modern design, a chair so typical of the New World where the ideal of utilitarianism and comfort in a piece of furniture is but one manifestation of a nation full of ideals. . . . Its occupant reflects its attributes. For his is the expression of the idealist, the poet of politics with head high...
Soldiers and airmen like bright, moonlit nights; sailors detest them. The Navy's ideal for an invasion is a dark night, with a light breeze and fair visibility. Next best is a full moon, shrouded with clouds so that just enough light filters through to maneuver ships & men. But the sailors especially hate fog; though it provides cover against the enemy, it hampers naval gunnery, endangers crowded shipping, grounds friendly airmen...
...Marine's book, chill-eyed, cool-blooded Colonel Merritt Edson is the Corps's ideal fighting man, full of military judgment, cold nerve and a complete devotion to his troops. He is the classic professional...
...last week of Lakes shipping. What was unusual was the uneventful trip of the last ore boat to come down the Lakes. F. John Bernard Martin, 51, tall, businesslike skipper of the Benson Ford (carrying cargo for U.S. Steel because the Ford fleet has excess capacity) reported "ideal" weather on his trip from Duluth through the Soo Locks to Conneaut, Ohio, and though the Sault River buoys had already been taken in, bright moonlight made it easy for him to pick his way at night...