Word: schemed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...their tight little isle the British have dreamed and schemed of a symphony of nations, of what Foreign Secretary Robert Anthony Eden has called an "orderly law-abiding" society which will make the world "one village street from Edinburgh to Chungking." This week, in the pessimism following Casablanca, such concepts seemed far more a dream than a scheme...
...time, the program was announced in November, Paul V. McNutt, chairman of the War Manpower Commission, expressed his approval of the scheme in a letter to President Conant. "I wish to express the approval of the War Manpower Commission of this project. I am gratified that the University is prepared to render this valuable service to war industry. The need for training in business and industrial management to serve the expanding war effort is critical...
...Inchball, you have gone and now we must follow. Your innate light alone will join us for that triumphant brawl. Only you, Inch, can pull us out and send us on with your louder copy call. And behind us in the woods we leave the babes, forcing them to scheme for the breath of life. It is over, dear Inch, for us, a raging finger-snap, a dream before the alarm, and we leave behind the children, timidly laughing in the bushes...
...Supreme Court this week gave a body blow to the American Medical Association and a hefty lift to the idea of group prepaid medical care, a scheme A.M.A. had fought tooth & nail...
...parting shot as U.S. Price Czar, Leon Henderson last week tossed up a smart-sounding plan to siphon loose cash from U.S. citizens, thus help control inflation. The scheme: a buy-in-advance arrangement to sell purchase certificates now on consumer goods to be delivered after...