Word: prop
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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While Mrs. Attlee filled the teacups, her husband let his guests know that his Labor Government did not intend indefinitely to prop up unenlightened Dutch imperialism in the East Indies. Too much was at stake. Half-a-billion Asiatics, from Bombay to Bali, were watching the European masters return to their old Southeast Asia house. The house had changed. The masters had to change, too. If the Dutch blinked the fact, the matter would be brought before the UNO Assembly...
...Prop. Westinghouse Electric Corp. announced that it will employ nearly 2,000 workers, in its $10 million plant in Philadelphia, making $10-$15 million worth a year of gas turbine aircraft engines, jet and propeller driven, mainly for the armed services. Said Spokesman George H. Woodward: "Such engines will rapidly become dominant in the high-powered and high-speed airplane fields, both military and commercial...
...mile has long since made track a biggish business in Sweden. When promoters found that amateurs liked to eat as well as run, they began cutting them in on the profits. Last week Swedish newspapers reported that the Amateur Athletic Association had finally heard about it-and had been prop-perly shocked to find that Gunder (4:01.4) Hagg, Arne (4:01.6) Andersson and some 13 other hot-footing track stars had been eating right well. For charging as much as $500 for a single performance, the Association was about to rule them pros and rub their names-and records...
Unexpected Prop. Strengthening Schermerhorn's position and the throne was an unexpected prop, Prince Consort Bernhard. Before the war, when his flashy roadster was constantly streaking from The Hague to the Riviera, most Dutchmen tagged Prince Bernhard as a playboy. Tut during the war he played a big part in fusing the quarreling Dutch Resistance forces into a unified group which did a notable job of preparing the ground ahead of the Canadian liberators. Bernhard himself negotiated with the Germans and had everything practically sewed up, except for actual signatures, when Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery received their surrender...
...Realty Co. of Casper, Wyo., Ben L. Sherck, prop., offered a bargain in western real estate last week-the Big Horn country's fabled Lost Cabin Ranch. Many a prospective customer was disconcerted at its size-Lost Cabin was designed expressly for an old-fashioned range king. But armchair adventurers were fascinated by its sagebrush-scented legend...