Word: run
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Obviously he did, and presumably Sawyer had his blessing. That did not mean that Harry Truman would hesitate to plaster the "special interests" with fresh taunts if politics dictated. It did mean that like many successful politicians, Harry Truman was capable of contradictions within himself, and of trying to run in two directions at once. It also suggested that the Fair Deal was proposing a guarded and perhaps temporary truce. Business would remain wary. But in what often seemed a friendless world, a pat on the head was better than a savagely aimed kick, on any terms...
...first 13 days of its second run in Manhattan's federal court, the perjury trial of Alger Hiss had progressed with a singular absence of melodrama. Whittaker Chambers spent seven days as a witness, much of the time under crossexamination, stepped down with both his testimony and his Buddha-like calm intact. His shocking tale was corroborated as before by his wife and a long list of Government witnesses. Voices were seldom raised; time and repetition had lent a curious matter-of-factness to an incredible affair...
Competition between the Crimson and BU should be keen in almost all events and especially in the 600 yard run, the 1/4-mile run, the broad jump, and the 35 pound weight throw...
...course, a superb soft shoe dancer. What comes through in this movie is not only his great talent, but his obvious enjoyment in playing his part. This same enjoyment is also found in Lena Horne and Fats Waller, and that is what raises them from the scores of run-of-the-mill actors in the film...
...handicap in height with superior speed, and took their game from a tall but slow Eliot team. The score stood at 10-6 for the Funsters after the first half, but the Elephants were held to four points during the latter half while Duster piled up 14 points to run away with the game, 24-10. Duane Lanszerk of the Funsters took high scoring honors...