Word: save
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...save for some 20 septuagenarians and conservative Lady Astor, retiring from public life, most of its members were once more headed for the hustings. The retirement of U.S.-born Lady Astor was itself a historic occasion. For 25 years her whiplash tongue had flicked unsparingly at political opponents and political dullards. But most members were sorry to see her go. Cried Will Thorne, 87, another retiring M.P., as she filed out: "Goodbye, Lady Astor." She turned, blew him a kiss and waved her hand...
Said Tamara: "But I brought this on you by letting myself be caught when I went to buy a pair of shoes from a shoemaker who knew that I knew you. You shouldn't have given yourself up trying to save...
Untried Weapon. Almost as a reflex of such dismal ideas, the question whether poison gas should be used against Japan rose again in the U.S. press. Among military thinkers, the consensus was that gas would save Allied lives if poured into cave defenses in the enemy's home islands. However, the final decision did not lie with military thinkers, but in the realm of politics and public morals. The U.S. has a great and valued reputation throughout the world as a civilized, humane nation ; in the last analysis the people themselves would have to decide whether to abandon that...
...This the Face? In Lincoln, Neb., an amorous aerial gunner noticed the name "Helen" and a phone number on the wall of a booth, dialed, was greeted with, "Hereafter save your nickels and buy war bonds." They Also Serve ... In Manhattan, Gristede Brothers, grocers, sent two boys with each pushcart load of orders - the extra one to stand guard over the butter...
...Manhattan. President of the Self-Determination League of Ireland, Canada and Newfoundland, Protestant Irishman Crawford stumped so explosively for total Irish independence that he was once pelted with snow and ice by a Canadian crowd, once drowned out by an irate audience's bawling God Save the King...