Word: round
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...time the curtain of military secrecy was lifted from G.C.A. in mid-1945, CAA's critical eye had found many shortcomings in its commercial usefulness. The military sets required a crew of five-far too many for round-the-clock operations on CAA's tight budget. Many pilots disliked the idea of putting themselves in the hands of an unknown operator on the ground. Furthermore, G.C.A. was not foolproof-a fact emphasized this week when a Navy four-engined transport, landing through the fog at the Oakland airport under G.C.A. control, crashed and burned...
...some cities, Government organizers in groups of three had gone from house to house at daybreak to round up voters, then marched them to the polls under the watchful eyes of armed soldiers, militia men and security police, who were guarding towns and roads as well as the polls...
Thus passed the spiritual leader of some 5,000,000 Roman Catholics in Canada and the most influential man in Quebec. A short (5 ft. 6 in.) man with a round body and face, keen dark eyes and spectacles that perched halfway down his nose, the Cardinal was also a power in Canada. Of recent years, his influence has been exerted notably to guide Quebec away from her isolationism and toward greater unity with the rest of the Dominion...
Last week in London, Adamic and his publishers, Harpers, decided that they had been taken for a ride on Drew Pearson's glittering "Washington Merry-Go-Round." It cost them an estimated $20,000. It was proved in court that Churchill had never been under obligation to the bank. To every person in England who was sent a copy of the book, Harpers promised to send a correction and an apology. Author Adamic had never asked Merry-Go-Rounder Pearson to prove his statement, and had added the footnote after Harpers had accepted the final proofs...
...many friends. His red brick Richardsonian mansion on Washington's H Street, completed, after his wife's death in 1885, was often full of guests (said he: "I run a hotel"). Childless himself, he took great interest in his nieces & nephews, and played "Uncle Henry" and year-round Santa Claus to other youngsters, especially those of his crony, Secretary of State John...