Word: recessed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...September 1940 Faith, who was rearing a kitten, grew restless and decided to leave her niche upstairs in the rectory and move to a downstairs recess used for storing music. Three days later German bombers roared over Whitechapel. "Roofs and masonry exploded," runs the legend on Faith's plaque, "the whole house blazed, four floors fell through in front of her. Fire and water all around . . ." Attracted by a glow in the sky, Rector Ross came hurrying back from a trip to Westminster. "The cat and kitten are both dead," said the firemen...
Only a shortage of materials--a dubious situation according to Metcalf--could hold up the $3,000,000 project. Once the finishing touches are added, the 75,000 books which will fill the library stacks will be moved in during the two week Christmas recess...
...Fancy 'avin' John L. Lewis." The opposition demanded a debate on Cripps's action before the House adjourned for its summer recess the next day. Eden suavely offered to give it the Conservative allotment of time that same evening. But by now the governess in Cripps was rampant; primly, he said that he had to be in Bristol that night for "a very important meeting...
Before the count was announced by the chair the convention knew full well what had happened. Dewey had 515 votes, 33 short of the nomination. But the coalitionists, desperate as they were, would not give in yet. They had agreed to ask for a recess after the second ballot. But now, while the official count was being tallied, there was confusion on the floor. Restless delegates from the coalition states saw the Dewey bandwagon rolling right past their door. Should they switch...
...obviously it was all over. Jim Duff moved for the recess, seconded by Bill Knowland. The coalition could pull itself together and, if not stave off defeat, arrange things for an orderly surrender...