Word: patly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Mexico's rampaging Senatorial Candidate Pat Hurley, who is in a tooth & nail fight with ex-Agriculture Secretary Clint Anderson, had already explained to Warren why he could not follow the Warren line. "Pat," Warren had urged, "don't fight 'em, unify 'em." Replied Hurley: "Governor, I've got to fight 'em. Clint Anderson's got me out-unified...
...story had a pat application, the Alsops wrote, to a lot of Republicans who have been complaining of Harry Truman's "executive usurpation," particularly in foreign affairs. If Tom Dewey is elected, some old Republican croakers might find him a King Stork...
...Last winter, when Larson asked Republic and other would-be operators to ante up, White offered to rent the 450,000-ton blast furnace and 382,000-ton coke plant for a minimum rental of $300,000 a year. "Not enough," snapped Larson. Charlie White decided to stand pat. Larson offered the plant to Republic for $2,500,000 a year and White turned him down flat. Larson then offered to arbitrate the price but White refused. Then, early this month, White played some aces. With only a few weeks for his interim lease to run, he threatened to shut...
...Palace's S.R.O. audience stormily approved every bit of it. Sighed Carlton Emmy, maestro of the dog act: "It was like coming back to the old homestead . . ." Veteran Pat Rooney, who started in vaudeville back in 1890, said: "When I saw that audience I got that old feeling. Sure, television will bring back vaudeville. Vaudeville's never died." But it had changed a lot. Said Gus Van: "Years ago, you used to sit for an hour in the theater and make yourself up. Now a fellow with nice soft hands comes along and does it for you." Ella...
...happy result: a pat on the back from the National Retail Dry Goods Association. Though "it is not our normal function to advertise any manufacturer," said a N.R.D.G.A. bulletin, Lee Skirt is providing "a reliable garment at a price which should . . . help overcome the public dissatisfaction over the price situation." A happier result: the company expects to gross more than $1,000,000 in 1948, a 100% increase in a year...