Word: quickly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Narrow Edge. Acheson handled a barrage of questions with firmness and relaxed good, humor. When a question was too technical, he was quick to admit that the questioner had gone over the narrow edge of his knowledge. A reporter pointed out that some "leading Republican papers" had inferred that "there has been some injury to bipartisan foreign policy." Acheson reddened slightly, and smiled. Was he looking at the injury? Acheson inquired amiably. The newsmen laughed, and the reporter backtracked hastily: "It was their insinuation, not mine." Well, said Acheson, he would do everything he could to keep the most bipartisan...
Into the Opposition. Some Congressmen were quick to say they would not buy labor's dream. Louisiana Democrat Allen J. Ellender said that the President's bill would leave the nation defenseless against John L. Lewis. Faithful old New Dealer Elbert D. Thomas, chairman of the Senate labor committee, would try to hustle the bill on to the floor but there it would run into a coalition of Republicans and conservative Democrats. There were signs that the Administration itself, having made a down payment on its debt to labor, wouldn't mind too much...
...knows just how many gambling joints in Florida and Nevada, how many slot machines in Louisiana, how many bookie joints and policy rackets in New York and New Jersey Frankie Costello* owns, operates, or controls-except that the number is large. But last week, New Yorkers could take a quick count of Costello-conscious politicians in the nation's biggest city...
...season went on the freshmen showed their adaptability. Wynn claims, they can spot their opponents weaknesses from the first serve and take quick advantage of them. And if they run into difficulty they never go to pieces...
Tall, rangy Hugh Foster is runner-up to his brother on this year's squad, and is a junior, although younger than Henry. Number five man last winter, Hugh is a hard smasher and quick rusher...