Word: match
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...teamwork that pulls you through. . . . Let us rally round the captain of the team and so help to win the match. . . . Let me tell you that the captain of our team is General Eisenhower. I am absolutely devoted to Ike. ... It grieves me when I see uncomplimentary articles about him in the British press. ... He needs our fullest support. . . . And so I would ask all of you" ... to stop that sort of thing...
...feasibility of the schedule she wants, 3) her capability. Full allowance will be made for wartime learning, especially when accredited by the U.S. Armed Forces Institute. Programs run for one year and more, are designed to supplement many phases of specialized service training. Costs are scaled to match almost exactly the basic provisions of the G. I. Bill ($500 a year for tuition, $50 a month subsistence...
...haughties. The News's Publisher Joe Patterson had been virtually a stepfather to Terry: he chose Terry's name from 50 submitted by Caniff, himself added and the Pirates, and suggested the strip's Oriental locale. Now Joe Patterson will have to find someone else to match Caniff's slick draftsmanship, crackling dialogue and skilled adventure story. For his part, Caniff will have to create an entirely new character-cast and story for Field. So far he has decided only that he will not borrow from his Male Call, a lustier, bustier strip which he draws...
...moments of highest dramatic import. A stylized setting by Eva Le Gallienne presents the entire island scene on one revolving stage and makes the most of the three unities in the play. A minor flaw is Motley's costuming, which is in the nineteenth-century tradition and does not match the rest of the production...
...businessmen announced again & again during the year that they like their own idea of free competitive enterprise better than international cartels, which have often constricted the world's economy. On this they should have found common ground with the Administration, which is vigorously prosecuting antitrust suits against match manufacturers, potash producers, etc. as cartelists. But some Government trade experts, studying international business prospects, were beginning to flirt with the idea that long-term agreements on prices and markets were necessary, especially if the U.S. is to compete effectively with western Europe. Others laid plans to try to impose...