Word: matter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...great respect for Marshall, nor is he unmindful of the prestige and authority Marshall carries on Main Street as well as in Moscow. Last week, Marshall yearned more than ever for retirement, but the President pleaded with him to stay, fully aware, however, that some time, probably in a matter of months, the old soldier would have to be given his well-earned rest at last...
...hear the one that hits you," the soldiers say. This observation, both comforting and terrifying, applies also to the great nations and civilizations now on history's casualty lists. When disaster comes they are looking the other way, or else they are certain that the disaster does not matter to them...
...with the telltale flush still on his cheeks. He argued with his officer friends for compromise. "Things have changed," he was told. Vargas decided to go along with them. Then tanks rumbled down Caracas' narrow, hilly streets, truckfuls of steel-helmeted soldiers screeched up before Miraflores. In a matter of 30 minutes, troops had occupied every important building and intersection in the city...
...typical of the squads that will face the Crimson this winter. But BU has nobody who can make the Bruins and nobody who can skate like Buddy O'Connor or check like Jack Crawford. Nor do they have any budding Bruins, or even Olympic stars, for that matter...
...that time, morals charges were raised against the couple in East Cambridge District Court. These were dismissed yesterday when the Middlesex Grand Jury announced that it had taken over the matter and would do the indicting...