Word: markely
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Taft himself had to admit the possibility; that was why he was in Ohio this week, worried and working. Taft's defeat could well mark the end for years to come of any coherent opposition to the Fair Deal. "And if he wins," hazarded an Ohio newspaper, editor, "he'll be the next Republican presidential candidate." It was obviously too soon for such talk, though it would not down. At least, with Taft, the G.O.P. would be able-in fact forced -to make a frontal attack on all those issues which were slicked over and evaded...
...Washington estimate that the new economic policy would depress the British standard of living by 4%, a harassed Labor policymaker last week made a grim and exaggerated rejoinder: "Four percent! If only it were 4%-it would be paradise. The ghastly truth is that Washington would be nearer the mark if it said...
...hawk at the age of two, killed a wild boar at six. Willie wasn't impressed by such accounts, but his mother, the Dame de Littlehampton, wouldn't let him forget them; she was the kind of lady who expected her only son to make his mark on the armor and the life expectancy of his foes. When she hustled poor, terrified Willie off to join King Richard's crusade in the Holy Land, militant Christianity enlisted its feeblest champion...
...case of the Hoffmann twins, it apparently was several months too late for vitamin E treatment when the babies were brought to New York. At Johns Hopkins, every baby under three pounds now gets alpha tocopherol when a week old, and until it passes the 5½-pound mark...
Later, in the 800-meter final, Furuhashi broke Hashizume's brand-new record by more than ten seconds, set a new mark for the 400-meter, and swam on the Japanese team that lowered the world-record time for the 800-meter relay. The Nipponese swept all the championship free-style swimming events except the 100-meter (won by Bob Gibe of the Detroit...