Word: quit
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...millions had accepted the President's program, at least momentarily, and some took to it as if they expected to submit to lie-detector tests twice a week. In Dallas, greying Mrs. Anna Myers patriotically quit feeding bread crumbs to an assortment of bluebirds who haunt her backyard. But the bluebirds turned up their beaks at birdseed and only pecked at the crumbled corn muffins she offered them later in the week. Most housewives were taking things easier, and the majority were complying in part-like Mrs. Eleanor Sorenson of Indianapolis, who decided to observe meatless Tuesday...
Curran's battle stategy was to make no deals with the opposition, to get his help from the rank & file. He hammered hard at his Communist opponents, battled hour-long heckling and gallery demonstrations, threatened to quit if the Communists got their...
...taking all the necessary steps and above all maintaining a solid front, we should not, however, be hasty in abandoning our hope in the United Nations Organization. It may be that the Soviet Government and their Communist fifth columns in so many countries will, at some moment or other, quit the United Nations Organization. Then there would be what is called two worlds. And we should all be sorry to see that. But if one of these worlds is far more powerful than the other and is equally vigilant, and is also sincerely desirous of maintaining peace, there...
...doing here" feeling. Usually about this time, the local bobby-soxer turns to her friend and says, "Hey, Margie, lookit what just went by!" By the time the runner comes laboring down the little aisle of spectator's grouped at the finish, he's practically ready to quit the sport...
Back in the 1920s, Johnny Suggs was a better-than-average southpaw pitcher for the Atlanta Crackers. One day he met the boss's daughter, married her and quit pitching to run the concessions at the ball park. The night the ball park burned down, Johnny Suggs became a father. He and his new family moved 15 miles to Lithia Springs, Ga.; there Johnny took over a combined golf course and-picnic grounds. At three, his roly-poly daughter, Louise, was traipsing around the course after him, swinging at golf balls with a baseball grip...