Word: round
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Reconversion in a Round World...
...happens that all truth is as rigid as 2 times 2 makes 4. If he is logical, rejecting the Roman Catholic faith on account of its "rigidity," he will have to deny all truth. The poor man will have to reject the fact that the world is round, that the common housefly usually has two wings-to cite only a couple of examples...
...live on the 41st floor of Manhattan's Waldorf Towers, and from time to time share the mirrored elegance of his California summer place in Brentwood (complete with a swimming pool that lights up at night), or her luxurious house in Williamstown, Mass. Servants are kept the year round at both places...
...leveling-off process, noted across the land, showed signs last week of also slowing down new wage raises. In the year's first major test of fourth-round demands, the C.I.O. Textile Workers Union lost its fight for a 10? increase in the New England cotton and rayon industry...
...Howard Hughes, who controls T.W.A., the third of the three U.S. flag lines flying the North Atlantic. Damon had been an admirer of Howard Hughes since he had produced Hell's Angels, but had not met him until 1938 when Hughes was getting ready for his four-day, round-the-world flight. As the dashing, disheveled Hughes puttered around his plane, Damon, like any awed autograph hound, rushed up and introduced himself. They had since become friends. Said Damon: "I am a great admirer of Howard Hughes." Said Hughes: "Mr. Damon's reputation ... is such that any airline...