Word: roughly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...three degrees better than the Ritz," said A.F. of L.'s San Pedro-Wilmington Labor Review. More important, it is a shining example of wartime housing construction. Plumbing fixtures are rough cast iron with plastic handles. Some toilet fixtures have glass pipes. There are no bathtubs or private bathrooms, just showers in central bathrooms. Only lighting facilities are wall plugs for wood-stemmed, paper-shaded floor lamps (one for every man). Bedsprings have wooden bases. Interior walls are mainly plywood...
...this, U.S. newspapers can thank the fact that Army men are learning to appreciate correspondents' problems. Now that they have shown they can cooperate, keep secrets, U.S. reporters may get additional breaks. Slowly, surely the rough edges are being polished off Army-press relationships...
...main thing wrong was Republican Thomas E. Dewey. At 40, the famed racket-busting boy wonder of politics, whom many regarded with suspicion, was older and wiser. He had polished his vote-getting technique to a thing of rare beauty; he had rubbed away the rough spots; he talked sound good sense that no man could identify with youthful arrogance. He began his campaign at the upstate country fairs, mingling with the crowds, signing autographs, winning friends quietly. He pledged full support of the war, proposed a liberal five-point labor program, dissected the State Democratic machines, charged that...
...small boats landed on the beach west of Henderson Field. The prevailing wind had been from the southeast, so that there were no waves pounding on the beach. But now, with the rainy season, the prevailing wind was beginning to haul around to the exact opposite quarter, so that rough water would hamper beach landings. It was imperative to reach out and capture Point Cruz, which sticks out like a miniature Florida into Sealark Channel. Under the lee of Point Cruz landings could be safely made, whatever the wind...
...Razzle-Dazzle. Andrew Higgins stole the march by using a double dose of Kaiser's own technique-rough & tumble action plus fortissimo publicity. Right after Higgins lost his ship contract, he raised enough rumpus to start several Congressional investigations, to snag thousands of headlines, and convince many people that he was a victim of the Maritime Commission. When things slowed down Higgins bought full-page ads in leading newspapers, boasting "World's largest builder of boats...