Word: requesting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Claude Pepper, onetime champion of Russia, onetime apologist for Henry Wallace, onetime defender of Harry Truman against the Dixie rebels, and the last drummer in the Eisenhower parade, made the most of the spotlight. He strode into the abandoned Eisenhower headquarters, bussed his wife at the cameramen's request and proclaimed that he would "accept the draft." Said Claude Pepper: "This is no time for politics as usual...
...Your Judgment." The picture-taking went off like clockwork. Each photographer got his one shot in turn; there was no scrambling for position, no request for "just one more." Between the still pictures and movies, Dewey remembered that it was time to order dinner. He asked Paul Lockwood, his burly secretary, to do it. "Use your own judgment, Paul," he called. "Get three lamb chops and three steaks, six double V-8 cocktails, salad, corn, string beans, and chocolate ice cream...
...Labor government began last week to meet the challenge, ordered soldiers & sailors to assist some 5,000 non-strikers to unload the ships. But the strikers were not giving up just yet. The shutdown spread to Liverpool and Birkenhead. This week, at the request of Attlee's government, King George VI declared a state of national emergency...
Perhaps the happiest Rhodian of all was Michael Stamatoglu, manager of the Hotel des Roses. For the remaining half of the four-week truce period, business would be brisk. Floor Waiter Georgiu was intrigued by Bernadotte's request that half of the rooms reserved should be in one wing of the hotel, half in the other, as far apart as possible. "There are separate staircases too," said Georgiu with a knowing wink, "which may be convenient...
Ever since war's end the government had intended to lift the embargo (imposed in 1942 at President Roosevelt's request) as soon as it could be done without upsetting the butcher's cart. That day never came. First, the embargo had to be kept to insure a full domestic supply while heavy shipments went to Britain. When it looked as though the British shipments would taper off, there was always some technical reason for keeping the embargo a little longer...