Word: shakeup
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...last week when men in Washington talked of an explosion soon, they were hoping for something contrary to Franklin Roosevelt's habits. If Franklin Roosevelt soon has to find a man to run the war, likelihood was he would make more promotions instead of a shakeup...
VICHY--Admiral Jean Francois Darlan tonight became French vice-premier and foreign minister in a stop-gap cabinet shakeup which is expected to pave the way for Pierre Laval's early return to power in the Vichy regime...
Last week the U. S. Navy shook itself violently, prepared to settle down Feb. 1 under a new seagoing command, a new organization. The shakeup, announced by Secretary Frank Knox, was not particularly notable in its dimensions. But to most naval officers it was of extreme interest, for if war comes, this is likely to be the new command and this the new organization under which the Navy will fight...
...wanted had been achieved. Taxes, far from easing, were made tougher by an excess-profits tax and likely to grow more so. Government spending was multiplied; the 76th Congress appropriated more than $17 billions. Interest rates on capital continued to fall. The National Labor Relations Board underwent a personnel shakeup, but Wagner Act modification was less likely than ever. Government regulation in general, previously little more than a list of "Don'ts," began to turn into positive control. Every well-editorialized reason why Business should hold back was more conspicuous than ever...
...latest post was in the Mediterranean as No. 2 to Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, whose recent exploits have been strong tonic to Prime Minister Churchill and the entire nation. The Dakar fiasco, after which Mr. Churchill mentioned "accidents and some errors . . . disciplinary action," afforded excuse for a high command shakeup and it was wholly probable that Sir Charles Forbes took the rap for his underlings...