Word: matter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Within a matter of hours he had lined up his staff. He got David Noyes, former advertising executive, former adviser to WPB, out of bed in Los Angeles. "Dave," said Chuck, "we've got a job to feed the hungry. When can I expect you?" Said Dave: "On the next plane...
...Pianist Weill told French newsmen her tale. Said she: "I had reached the middle of the last movement . . . there were no more difficulties ahead and there was nothing that might have provoked any confusion. Suddenly there was a complete blank in my memory.... I would have taken the whole matter for an unpleasant incident, had I not heard a strange explanation from one of the orchestra's musicians. After the end of the concert, this musician went out on the casino terrace for a drink. At the next table he overheard four men exchanging congratulations on having successfully disturbed...
Maverick in a Trap. Last week, 250 students organized a torchlight parade, marched to Professor Pancho's house to say goodbye. The university's respected Historian Walter Prescott Webb called upon Painter to rehire Dobie. "The truth of the matter," said he, "is that Mr. Dobie has walked with stubborn unconcern into a trap...
Like many another labor dispute, the row on the California docks started over a seemingly small matter. At issue were the bargaining rights of nine "walking bosses" (stevedore foremen) of the Luckenbach Steamship Co., oldest U.S. shipping line and second largest intercoastal carrier. But as seven ships tied up at San Francisco docks and two in Los Angeles, the crews walked off. Luckenbach's California service, which carries some 90,000 tons of cargo a month, was paralyzed...
Indicating that the University might be willing to back such a project. Watson said that the Masters referred the entire matter to Edward Reynolds '15, administrative vice president, for consideration. Watson emphasized that the whole situation is in an "embroyonic state," and that there are many possible objections...