Word: save
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...save the United States of America. God give to her all she should have. God preserve her in the days to come. I know what they will bring. I have been through such days. But God be good to us and permit us to resist, and permit us to be the country we have ever been...
Washington sources added a fourth answer: good preparation. According to this surprising yet circumstantial account, the joint "Four-Power Declaration," embodying the main proposals to win the war and save the peace, had been largely approved before the Moscow meeting began. This came about through delicate long-range discussions which started about the time of the Quebec conference last August and proved to be the turning point in U.S.-Russian relations. The seven-point declaration was said to have been roughed out on the eve of the Quebec talks, accepted by Winston Churchill and later approved by Moscow with four...
...over the U.S. After 14 to 18 months of dimout, cities along the East, West and Gulf Coasts were told to relax and light up-but not too much. Chief reservations: 1) Washington suggested that a "brownout" (midway between total darkness and every movie marquee ablaze) would help save electricity and fuel; 2) Army & Navy men warned that if enemy submarines should crop up in force again off U.S. coasts, out the lights must go; 3) OCD officials promised that there would still be an occasional air-raid drill...
...explained: "We could plan short-haul raids for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday figuring on a 5% loss each day. But here we have a wonderful target. We know it's going to cost us, say, 15%, so we don't go out on Monday or Tuesday. We save our big stuff for Wednesday. In the end we suffer the same percentage loss. It's as though a family set aside $5 a week in their budget for pleasure, then decided to wait a month, save up $20 and blow the whole works on a damn good time...
...newsroom bulletin board of the New York World-Telegram went a directive on crisp writing (to save newsprint). The directive's author: Scripps-Howard Editor in Chief George B. Parker. Its message...