Word: shake
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Almost legendary among U. S. political mistakes is the famed 1916 boner pulled by Candidate Charles Evans Hughes: in California he forgot to shake the hand of Hiram Johnson, thus lost Johnson, California, and the election. Candidate Wendell Willkie took no chances on his California tour (TIME, Sept. 30). Overlooking Senator Johnson's entrenched conservatism. his utter isolationism, Candidate Willkie praised the Senator where he thought it would do the most good-in California...
...riding and wild-cow milking-there are entr'actes such as a 50-piece Prison Band, the Cotton Pickers' Glee Club and Bill ("Snuffy") Garrett, a "knobknocker" (safecracker) with 263 years to serve, whose clown act, in top hat and stripes, makes even the old prison walls shake...
...there? . . .*Don't be misled by Boss Flynn. . . . If we go down this road, democracy will disappear. . . . Please, please, listen to me. . . . Don't let them lead you like cattle to the shambles. . . . Boos don't hurt me. ... All I ask is a square shake...
...Officers of the Japanese Army (and of other foreign services) on detail in the U. S. but not diplomatically accredited must register (but of course cannot be drafted). Informal but angry protests failed to shake the legal fact that all aliens between 21 and 36, unless specifically exempted, must register (but can be drafted only if they have applied for citizenship). Though the fact was not heralded, the U. S. will thus get a complete census of all aliens of military...
Coach Jordan doesn't usually make much use of the forward pass, but if his men can't shake Blood loose on any of his wide sweeps, they may turn to the air. One of Blood's favorite tricks, however, is the quick kick, a strong offensive weapon at Amherst. The reserves are not too strong but there are enough of them to provide Harvard with determined resistance for 60 minutes...