Word: proffers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...next time you go to a sedate dinner party in old Back Bay, don't be surprised if that immaculate young man begins to proffer whispered comments on your dirty collar. He may even inform you of the dandruff on your dinner jacket. Take a good look at him before you get too embarrassed...
...flare up again. Both Governments were mad. Peru accused Ecuador of provoking an incident to force a settlement by the other American nations. Ecuador thought Peru was trying to settle the dispute by pure force. In Washington, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and Bogotá diplomats hastened to proffer their good offices, hoping that at this time, of all times, the Americas would not get to fighting among themselves. But while statesmen took counsel together, 15,000 people marched through the streets of Quito, waving flags, stood bareheaded before the statue of Simon Bolivar and sang the Ecuadorian national anthem...
...pessimism of professionals sprang from simple instinct. They had not wanted Willkie in the beginning. But for nine weeks they had tried to show him loyalty, proffer their service and support, make suggestions, consult. Some of them had been waved in & out of Colorado Springs for a smile, a handshake, a drink. Many -like William ("Bill") Ditter, chairman of the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee-had never been consulted at all. Others-like Henry Fletcher, the Republicans' general counsel, who had gone to Colorado Springs with a 14-page legalistic essay on how the G. O. P. could get around...