Word: shiftly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week President Grau, still the man of Cuba's 1933 revolution, still conscious that revolutionists' votes elected him in 1944, freed the expeditionaries (including three Americans) and stood by Minister Alemán. Compelled by a Senate vote of no-confidence and Army pressure to shift Alemán from the Education Ministry, he immediately made him minister without portfolio. After all, as last week's welcome showed, Dominican freedom is still a popular cause in Cuba...
...well trained offensive lineman, for example, must be fast, he must be able to charge forward under control, and above all, he must always have his feet under him. On the defense, the lineman must be able to use his hands, keep on his feet, and be able to shift direction quickly to meet enemy plays...
...predicted that at about the same time that physicists and chemists will have reached "all-inclusive" and final theories for their fields, the incentive for scientific analysis will shift to the study of the human mind and human relationships...
...wily Harlow, is still keeping O'Donnell familiar with quarterback assignments and Kenary with those at tailback. In the only other shift this week, Gibby Warren, former Gannon-insurance, has been moved to tailback, joining Chuck Roche and Hal Moffie in that slot...
Clevelander Eaton had been one of the first financiers to recognize the shift of power from Wall Street to Washington and he had acted accordingly. In the early days of the New Deal, he was always available to bait Big Business, notably the "eastern bankers" whom he blamed for his downfall in the depression...