Word: jawed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...social thinker who has just come into his own, he loves his job. Where onetime Price Boss Leon Henderson let the heat frazzle his temper, where onetime Price Boss Prentiss Brown simply got out as fast as he could, Chester Bowles plows ahead with unconcealed pleasure, his big jaw jutting forward like the prow of one of the boats he used to sail in races to Bermuda...
Some town sports got an idea: charter a train for the 32-mile ride to Swift Current. Archie Simmie, station master and café keeper, asked the Moose Jaw C.P.R. office, got word back that for a flat round-trip fare of $2.05, a $200 guarantee, a train would run. By telephone the news was spread; the guarantee became a cinch...
...reporter wanted to know: what was the President's reaction to Ben Fairless' radio speech suggesting a White House conference of management executives? Harry Truman's jaw tightened. His reply was short and sharp: he did not make appointments over the radio or in the press. If industry wanted to come the regular way, the door would be open...
...boxer, Rocky Graziano is a joke, but he has the top two requisites to ring fame & fortune - a paralyzing punch, an iron jaw. His 155 lbs. ace mounted on a sturdy pair of legs that would never per form fancy ring steps. He mauls in on an opponent, wide-legged, carrying his left dangerously low; but he punches fast, savagely, substituting power and speed for a better boxer's polished skill...
Banker Gibson (who delights in telling the story) gave him a jaw-dropping answer...