Word: mattering
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Kingfish threw himself on a bed and wept. But with Earl's help, he made secret forays and counterattacks. Huey had two methods of persuasion: cash and threats. On the eve of the impeachment proceedings, 15 state senators announced that they would not vote for impeachment, no matter what the evidence showed...
...conference room at the Hotel du Tabac, old Gaillard completed his progress around the green table. Pointing at the treasure he had collected from the ashtrays, he shrugged. "It makes cigarettes," he said matter-of-factly. "Mind you, as cigarettes go, these leave a lot to be desired. But then, any cigarette is preferable to a bunch of megots [butts...
Vishinsky banged the table. "It isn't fair!" he blustered. "He must have prepared this statement for just such an opportunity!" As a matter of fact, Cooke had done just that. His speech was one of the rare examples of Western preparation for a propaganda battle...
...Heart of the Matter...
...London, George Bernard Shaw's advice of the week was to avoid war by producing a dictionary of political terms, in which the meaning of each word would be made quite clear. "The matter is extremely urgent," declared Shaw. ". . . Negotiation is impossible unless the parties use the same words for the same things and understand what the words mean . . . I myself find it impossible to make myself understood . . . Even liars need a language that will enable them to lie unambiguously...