Word: matter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Vishinsky's high standards, but he did his best. Cried Malik: "The Dutch reply is a cynical request by an aggressor for two or three days more to kill off his victims completely . . . Do the U.S. and Britain intend, like Pontius Pilate, to wash their hands of the matter...
...Matter of Expediency. The official position of the Davisites is that Russian aggression and U.S. counter-aggression (both of which are called "imperialism") are equally blameworthy and dangerous to Europe. In private, however, Davis does not share this view. When I asked if he really thought that the worst the U.S. could do to Europe was comparable to the worst Russia could do, he answered: "Of course not." When I asked why this was not said publicly, one of his advisers quickly said it was "a matter of expediency." That is, if Davis publicly criticized Russia more than...
...teeth. His dentist, Dr. Carlos Elbio de Oliva Paz, had not been much help. Oliva Paz and Perón had been good friends. Perhaps that was why Perón overlooked the fact that his dentist's claim to have studied in the U.S. was not a matter of record, and that the police had once arrested him for practicing without a license...
...strain. CBS Vice President Frank Stanton declared that it was "utterly fantastic" for anyone to expect CBS to make up Benny's tax losses because of the bureau's ruling. Said Stanton, washing his hands of the whole affair: "From here on out it is strictly a matter between Mr. Benny and the Revenue Bureau...
...practice rounds along with some 120 others. Besides high-compression temperament and a steely command of the emotions, it had taken hard work to get to the top of the tournament business and it was taking hard work to keep them there. With most of them golf was a matter...