Word: moans
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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TIME, June 15, ". . . tapping the valuable support of 500,000 workers." I passed that by with a soft moan, and then in column 3, same page, I read: ". . . Lewis shook up a few metaphors and replied." Back I went to column 1, this time with a real moan. May I hear from your support-tapping expert...
...fortnight passed, the hunt died down. One day last week one Walter Kelley, 58, went walking in the woods near Seekonk, Mass., found a little dog lying beside his path. It was hardly more than a bag of bones, too weak to moan, pads worn to the quick. Kind Mr. Kelley had forgotten about the great dog hunt, but he carried the miserable animal to a nearby farmhouse. The farmer promptly led him to a tree, pointed to a poster. It was Sox. Hastily summoned, a veterinarian gave the dog an injection of glucose and a 50-50 chance...
...reigning commercial House of Mitsui-were something of a joke until a few months ago. Production then was less than 125 per month. Today Mitsubishi have invested $1,000,000 in brand new U. S. machinery, stepped production up to 500 cars per month. In Australia white salesmen moan as white prospects now buy from yellowmen 50 Datsuns per month, despite years of intensive Australian propaganda against the "Yellow Peril...
...notebook, to lecture on labial "Sound Phenomena." With authentic academic embarrassment, he takes up snores, classifies them scientifically, self-consciously illustrates them. Snore 2 d, the "Westinghouse Airbrake," a heart-rending grunt followed by a melancholy whistle, is probably excelled only by 2 f, "The Troubled Conscience," a short moan preceding a moment of insane babble...
...immediate issue is concerned, it should be considerably clarified tomorrow when Mr. Farley has promised to state the government's stand at some length and submit evidence to justify its actions. In the meantime the critics of Mr. Roosevelt continue to moan and howl and attempt to embarrass him. Through their control of the press they are able to make it appear as if the people as a whole are disgusted with him because he did not "play fair" with aviation companies; it is, I think, extremely unlikely that any of the companies involved are innocent for reasons set forth...