Word: nods
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week three bills patterned after the Ruml plan were introduced in Congress, without waiting for a nod from Morgenthau. There were reports that Economic Czar James F. Byrnes would become Administration tax spokesman. Urbane Senator Walter F. George, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, had his own ideas about 1943 taxes. So did stubborn Robert L. Doughton, chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee...
Since the beginning of the fall term, the Blood Donor Service of the War Service Committee has made over three hundred appointments for students to donate blood, a more than satisfactory showing. Yet Harvard's contribution has been a disappointment, because the nod of the head to the solicitor has often proved a hollow promise. Over half of these appointments have not been kept, nor have the delinquent donors even bothered to notify the Center in advance. The staff and equipment stands idle because some Harvard student lost his nerve, or simply forgot. The irregularity of applicants in keeping appointments...
...only question mark in the line, left guard, George Hibbard got the nod over Charley Gudaitis...
Devout readers may be startled by Author Douglas' robust retelling of parables and miracles, by his free & easy manner with the Apostles ("Peter has no polish . . ."). Classical scholars may wince at his slangy jollities in matters Roman ("Life wouldn't be worth a punched denarius"). Psychologists will nod retroactively when Marcellus has "reasons for surmising that [Antonia] was a victim of repression." Wodehouse fans will note the Jeeves-like quality of Bodyguard Demetrius ("You will need some heavier sandals, sir ... a shower and a rubdown put you in order. I have laid out fresh clothing...
...posts, Nelson will have Captain Jack Farley and Dick Withington out trying to stop the wide sweeps and deep reverses of the Red and Gray. Mike Kahn is set at left tackle, while Ed Nabham will probably get the nod over Lyman Beeman as his running-mate...