Word: mumness
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...chagrined, debated what to do next at Bethlehem. Mr. Roosevelt had to decide whether to jeopardize his Labor support or his politically potent defense program-or whether there was some other way out. At week's end he still kept dilemma-mum...
Thomas is proud of his varied activities, mum on how much they add to his bank roll. Good guess at his annual earnings would be $200,000. Of this, $15,000 goes to Buranelli, $5,000 to Sherwin. The remainder helps Thomas to run his estate on Quaker Hill in New York's Dutchess County, where he lives with his wife and 17-year-old son Lowell Jr. There on fat rolling acres Thomas maintains a fine big Colonial mansion, two swimming pools, a silver fox farm, a small radio studio, a baseball diamond, a four-piece orchestra...
...both his church and the U. S. Army. Last week Bishop Tucker hastily summoned Bishops Reifsnider, Binsted and Nichols to Manhattan for consultation, dispatched the two former to Japan for first-hand news, kept Bishop Nichols in the U. S. for advice as the situation develops. Meanwhile he kept mum. Judging from the Japanese Episcopal Church's last two clashes with the Government, the outlook was none too bright. Last year the president of Episcopal St. Paul's University, Tokyo, was forced to resign because, in reading the hallowed Imperial rescript on education in chapel on a national...
...week heard that 400 six-cylinder engines were in the huge River Rouge Plant, guessed the 1941 Ford line would include a six. (Other sixes, especially Chevrolet and Plymouth, have cut into Ford's market, reduced him from first place in 1930 to third in 1940.) Fordmen were mum, but Ward's Automotive Reports said: "Sample [six-cylinder] models are now being turned...
...dressed in uniforms copied after those worn at Buckingham Palace, dropped the idea only after earnest advice from friends. He is the adored father of two grown-up daughters. Maria Aurora ("Baby") and Zenaida ("Mini"), and a small son. Manuel Jr. ("Nonong"). Mrs. Quezon, dignified and portly, keeps matron-mum...