Word: roar
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...chance to be Senator. He broke precedent by declaring a full ten months before the primary. He and Nancy set up campaign organizations in each of the state's 95 counties, probably shook more hands than anyone in Tennessee political history, and nettled Mistah Crump into a roar that made Kefauver famous. "Kefauver," wrote Crump in full-page newspaper advertisements through the state, "reminds me of the pet coon that puts its foot in an open drawer in your room, but invariably turns its head while it is feeling around in the drawer...
...CONGRESS Vote of No Confidence When one of the 96 U.S. Senators wants to provoke an answer from a Cabinet officer, he usually can do it with a roar from the Senate floor. In the House, where few of the 435 members ever have opportunity for solo roaring, the same result is achieved by a device called a resolution of inquiry. A formal resolution* is introduced calling upon the Cabinet officer to furnish information, and the resolution is referred to committee. By custom, the Cabinet member hustles up to talk to the committee (usually in executive session); the resolution...
...British were prepared to move on Egypt. After Farouk's action, Eden turned to conciliation, said Britain was ready to satisfy Egypt's "legitimate national aspirations" so long as Britain's strategic interests were safeguarded. The British lion might be aging, but it could still roar...
...catastrophe, a willing and resolute first-aider on the spot can be worth a dozen doctors in a far-away hospital. Last week, as the rumbling political volcano of Egypt blew its top in a roar of fulminant frenzy, first aid was urgently needed. It was firmly applied by a young king whom the West had long regarded as a fatuous playboy...
...billion. The probable deficit for the period will be about $14.4 billion, to bring the total public debt to some $275 billion. Truman mildly asked Congress to vote him the $5 billion which Congress chopped off his tax request in the last session (and got a bipartisan, election-year roar of rejection from Capitol Hill). Then, as if he did not really expect new taxes, he took comfort from the theory that an ever-expanding economy will more than compensate for mounting deficits...