Word: post
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Suggestible. In Salina, Kans., an Air Force private drew You Don't Belong Here from the post library, shortly went AWOL...
...qualified to understand that record, and explain it, than Bob Lovett. As Under Secretary, he had been for the past nine months the prime executor of U.S. policy. As Marshall's second-in-command, and Acting Secretary for the 129 days that Marshall had been away from his post, Lovett had also carried the load of day-to-day decisions. His career as Under Secretary of State spanned three stages in the evolution of U.S. policy...
...Buying Them." The reaction to this unfounded, undocumented accusation was sharp and swift. Ambassador Steinhardt, who had been away from his post when the crisis began, cabled: "Henry Wallace appears to have been well briefed by his Communist associates." The State Department gave the official lie to Wallace. Said the New York Times: "We have a new standard for measuring just how valuable a contribution Mr. Wallace's presidential candidacy is now making to the ideology of international Communism...
...Emily Post, grand old lady of punctilio, informed interviewers that the bedroom of her country place was done in Chinese red. "Some of my friends say they think a bedroom should be restful," said she, "but I don't rest in a bedroom ever...
...first five minutes, St. Louis had the ball but didn't do much with it. With Ed Macauley at the "post" under the basket, forming the apex of two triangles that kept the ball moving, the Billikens teased the Violets silly. The crowd clapped for action. Even Coach Hickey shouted: "He's open! He's open!" when Macauley had a chance to shoot but passed it up. The score was 5-5. That was the last time N.Y.U. was in the ballgame...