Word: peppered
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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High on the thank-you list were the stern critics of U.S. foreign policy: Florida's Senator Claude Pepper, who wanted to scuttle the Greek-Turkish loan; barnstorming Henry Wallace, who wanted to substitute a loan for Russia; and Biographer Elliott (As He Saw It) Roosevelt...
...Harriman, an able administrator and an adept public speaker, could probably be persuaded; but he was almost too rich. Also wealthy and able was Lewis Douglas, Ambassador to Britain. There were only a few prospects counted out for sure by Democratic headquarters. Florida's left-wing Senator Claude Pepper was one such. Just about everybody believed the political disclaimer of Secretary of State George Marshall (who would become President if Harry Truman died in office). Ike Eisenhower, who had tried hard to squash presidential rumors, would be even less likely to consider the No. 2 spot...
...Conspicuous among the guests were Florida's Senator Claude Pepper and Elliott Roosevelt, frequent Truman critics. Conspicuously absent: Henry Wallace. A few hours before dinner time, he had left town for New York, explaining that he was too busy getting ready for his departure this week for Europe...
...slob, I've got a brain. All you got is a strong back. We'll see who stays in the big leagues the longest." Durocher was thrown off the gentlemanly Yankees, bounced in Cincinnati, and came down to earth in St. Louis with the famed Gashouse Gang (Pepper Martin, Dizzy Dean and Frankie Frisch...
...Pepper attacked the government for repudiating the United Nations with its plans for Greece and Turkey. "The United States should take the lead in saving the U. N. and help it function as it was intended. The U.N. can handle the affair, but only if we are willing," Pepper declared...