Word: reportedly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...David Lawrence's U.S. News & World Report, Nov. 5: "Dewey offers something new for the White House...
...army in the account of the latest U.S. super-super-super Flying Fortress. It was so huge that the pilot, hearing a noise behind him, had to dispatch a courier by motorcycle to locate the trouble. "Just a football game on the lower deck," came the report. Another ruckus. "A water polo match in the swimming pool." A terrific bang. "Now the boys are furious, sir," reported the messenger. "A Russian plane was trying to buzz us. It flew in through the window and crashed on the basketball court...
Last week the council had ready a 5½-page preliminary report, mainly general recommendations and a chart of the council's future activity. Most important was a provision for British workers of all grades to visit notably efficient plants...
...Kiplinger Washington Letter for Oct. 30: "Dewey will be in for eight years, until '57 ... 32-page special report on 'What Dewey Will Do' has been prepared and will be mailed to you within a week, embodied in Kiplinger Magazine" This was followed by a full-page ad in TIME, after the election: "What will DEWEY do? Find out in the November issue of Kiplinger Magazine ... It will help you dispel the campaign...
...Historically, the press has always been against strong Presidents like F.D.R., mistrusting their great power as a threat to democracy.) It was the privilege of the press to support whom it pleased; but it was the duty of the press to find the news and report it correctly...