Word: moment
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...moment the bill was opened to amendments from the floor, Georgia's John Stephens Wood was on his feet. He offered an "amendment" which was actually an entire bill. Congressman Wood's proposal would, in effect, re-enact the Taft-Hartley Act. The fight promptly became: Lesinski bill v. Wood bill...
...From the moment he walked into court to defend black-haired Judith Coplon (TIME. March 14) on charges of espionage, it was obvious that Attorney Archibald Palmer would do his best to turn drama into burlesque. In years of trying bankruptcy and miscellaneous claims cases in Manhattan, loudmouthed little Archie Palmer had learned every trick. Last week in Washington, he used them...
Television in the Bathroom. For some time Thora suffered in silence. But recently fiftyish Understudy Erica O'Foyle had to go on for her. Like many another understudy in her big moment, Erica was nervous, but she did fine for two acts. Then she put on the bewitched jacket and started the third. She went pale, choked and forgot her lines. "My throat went suddenly dry," she explained weakly after the curtain finally came down. "I felt a great hand clutching me from behind. It was horrible." She indignantly denied any suggestion that the trouble might have stemmed from...
...Happy." When the audience burst into applause, Koussy seemed for a long moment unaware of the clapping; he was nodding his grey head and smiling to his musicians in appreciation. Then he turned and gravely faced the audience. Ten minutes and five curtain calls later, he quieted them for some words. Said he, so softly that some in the back could hardly hear: "I knew it would be hard to separate myself from you, my public, and my dear orchestra. But let's be happy that we have had 25 years together. Let's be happy that...
...moment, this seems a reasonable compromise. Associates, the only people familiar with actual Key work, must have a voice in Key policy, but they should not outnumber the representatives. The one question for the future is whether the Representative Body will be an efficient check on clubby tendencies...