Word: queered
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...just come over queer...
Everyone was curious about the robots. An 80-year-old woman commented: "Seems horrible queer to me. I believe I'd rather 'ave bombs." A policeman, cocking a wary eye skywards, admitted: "Weirdest night I ever had." A delivery boy explained his reaction: "I don't like the idea of nobody in those planes. I don't know why, but it's sorta ghosty...
...Guns. By last week, hard-driving President Anthony had some of the answers. He was hard at work to pull Colt out of its queer hole, if anyone could. Gunman Anthony, born in Shelby, N.C., graduated from North Carolina State College into a job in a machine shop. By the black days of 1932 he was president of Veeder-Root, Inc. (mechanical counting devices) in Hartford, Conn. Veeder-Root was on the downgrade, as were so many firms, and losing money. Anthony managed to stop the skid and make Veeder-Root profitable. He is still board chairman. His strategy...
...moral effectiveness of this queer carnival was somewhat marred by the fact that the workers were not being thrown on the streets, without relief. Anna Rosenberg, the War Manpower Commission's slick, chic regional director, had 11,000 other jobs in the New York area awaiting the dismissed employes. But only about 725 workers signed up. Sometimes the new jobs offered less pay than Brewster's $1.14 an hour top for unskilled workers; sometimes the new jobs were inconvenient to get to. But mostly, workers hated to lose their seniority; some had worked for Brewster since...
...brought them aboard and began preparing them for a proper burial at sea. The men were crowded around in close, curious bunches. They were quiet for once and there was a queer, hard look on their faces...