Word: shaking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...from Washington to testify in McKeon's behalf came General Randolph McCall Pate, commandant of the Marine Corps and the man who approved the court-martial and, in April, angrily called McKeon's action "deplorable." Tieless and affable, Marine Pate first went out of his way to shake McKeon's hand and murmur "Good luck to you, my boy," before he took the witness stand. If it were up to him, he said haplessly, in answer to "Zuke" Berman's hypothetical question, his only punishment for a man guilty of the offenses that McKeon was charged...
...burst of inflation, he feared, would shake foreign confidence in the pound, and bring a new drain on the nation's gold reserve. In his drive to control credit, Mack the Knife has raised the government's rate on bank loans to 5½%, the highest level since 1932 Depression days, and twice the discount rate of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York...
...clubhouse. For a few minutes both teams milled about the Giants' bench, unminding the organist's emergency rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner. Then the game went on (Giants 8, Braves 6). Big Joe Adcock, fined $100 for his part in the skirmish, offered to shake hands and forget about it. Fleet-footed Ruben was set down for three days and fined $250-but that was the least of his worries. For as long as he stays in baseball, Ruben's ears will vibrate to the taunt...
Confronted by Stevenson's big lead, Averell Harriman and his forces know that, to win, they must shake the party awake and set it to hollering. Adlai Stevenson and his supporters think they can keep it still and quiet until the decisive ballot. The care and feeding of the Baby, between now and the first roll call, may well be the decisive factor in Chicago...
Voter's Choice. In Montreal, after being ticketed for failing to signal a left turn, a motorist explained to the cops that it was all because of the provincial elections: "I was afraid that if I put my hand out the window some candidate would run over and shake...