Word: master
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Reader Falkenhorst read more carefully in the future. TIME [May 13, 1940] did not call him "master of land, sea & air." TIME said that the campaign he organized and led "was a masterpiece of organization as well as cunning surprise," that he "had proved himself a pitiless war lord." Said the caption under his picture: "He got there first-can he stay there last...
...delegate had the right to place his country's final approval on the charter. Since the charter is a master treaty, governments at home must ratify it before it becomes binding. Simplest ratification procedure would be Saudi Arabia's: King Ibn Saud had only to glance at it and say: "Afarim!" ("Well done!"). The British Cabinet is empowered to ratify treaties, but only after Parliament has had an opportunity to discuss them and raise any questions it wishes...
...place, you wouldn't have had to run so hard." In the locker room he got two nicknames, "Bright Eyes" and "Little Springtime." Furiously denying that he ever received "mash notes from girls," he learned to snap wet towels back at his tormentors. The sport writers dubbed him "Master Melvin...
Lacking one important asset of a top-grade outfielder-speed-Ott made up for this deficit by learning to get the jump on a fly ball the split-second it leaves the bat. He is the master of three outfielding arts: 1) on a long fly ball over his head, he takes one look, turns his back and digs for the spot where the ball will drop; 2) he has patiently acquired the knack of picking caroms off the tricky right-field wall at the Polo Grounds; 3) his buggy-whip arm has enabled him to set a league record...
...prejudiced boss, wealthy Horace Stoneham, still thinks Ott is the best manager in baseball. There are more & more doubters every day, but even the doubters go on cheering for Master Melvin. So long as his legs and eyes hold out, Ottie will go on typifying baseball's big efforts to go on with the show...