Word: moment
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...moment when the U.S. had no other choice but to hold to its position. Harry Truman was quoted by Labor Leader David Dubinsky as promising, "We will not go out of Berlin." That was about all most U.S. citizens knew about their nation's developing diplomacy. But they were willing to applaud when Arthur Vandenberg warned the world not to misinterpret political differences in the U.S. After a conference with Governor Dewey, Vandenberg declared: "We are serving notice on the world that America is united to protect American rights everywhere...
...baby chose the moment his mother approached the general's desk to burst into tears. As a secretary fluttered about trying to pacify the child, the woman shouted to Chiang that one of her sons had been killed two years ago by a car, and she had never been compensated. Would he please do something about...
...that the Hearstpapers were "lousy" and chatted "with a last shot of Canadian Club under our belts." In Salzburg, he showed that he could be one of the boys by riding through the streets late at night, singing with a truckload of students. And he had "one gay moment" at a beer party when fellow U.S. Lecturer Alfred Kazin led the group in singing the Internationale...
Billy started off with a bang against Parker. He won the first game of the first set at love, racing into the forecourt in the wake of his stinging service. For a moment or two, the crowd thought they might be seeing a tennis match. But by the seventh game, Parker had figured out the Sidwell serve, and was methodically running the Australian ragged with lobs to the base line and trap shots just over the net. Parker won without cracking a smile or dropping...
...which devotes itself to the comprehensive publication of news. [They] are primarily media of entertainment, and the newspaper, which gives information, is not threatened by them. On the other hand, the newspaper which holds its readers through its entertainment features is,threatened . . . The New York Times at the present moment has no plans for entering the television field...