Word: pliant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...early light of July 23 the U.S. flag rose over Palermo and its 400,000 pliant civilians (see p. 28). "The greatest blitz in history," exuberant General George S. Patton Jr., Commander of the Seventh Army, called the march on the city...
...about the podium like a college cheerleader, stand on one foot, kick up his heels, shake his fists, lunge with his arms, yell at the brass, lose his baton, nearly lose his balance. They have watched this catalogue of gestures bring from the orchestra a beautifully controlled flow of pliant, clearly articulated symphonic sound. No conductor has a more eloquent sign language for encouraging, warning, cajoling or just plain frightening orchestra musicians into giving him what he wants. Sir Thomas, unlike most maestros, seldom bothers to beat time-he seems able to infect musicians with the desired momentum. But always...
Instead of meeting a pliant Uncle Sam, Cuban sugar men have therefore smacked into a tough bargainer. The U.S. offer to Cuba last month: a 40% cut in production, last year's price, plus two measly sops in the form of 1-1½? a Ib. for an additional 400,000-ton stock pile and vague offers to help Cuba diversify its one-crop economy (which is more than high-cost domestic producers have been persuaded...
Pleased as punch with her trip, after ten days in Britain she had already concluded that more Americans should go there: "But they must be the right type . . . not the heads of industries, but the young up & coming men whose minds are still pliant and who can still learn...
...once-pliant Murray it was the end of a sentimental journey. He had lost no power in C.I.O., most likely had gained prestige. Locals in Lewis' own mine union are already backing away from Angry John. The other C.I.O. unions stood behind Murray. More than any other man in A.F. of L. or C.I.O., he had the backing of a united labor force. This week he will meet with his own C.I.O. executive board. They will discuss, among other things, what to do about former friend John L. Lewis...