Word: shunted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...short pants, James E. Glynn used to shunt wooden blocks across the kitchen floor and make believe he was turning the big wheels of commerce. But when he had to go to work right after grammar school as an extra hand on the New York Central Railroad, he began to feel that his dream would never come true; a guy could never be a big-shot transportation executive without a college degree...
...three harassed officials tried in vain to pull the traveler from the luggage rack to which he clung. At last, the carriage was uncoupled and shunted into a tunnel. There, in complete darkness, the adamantine passenger sulked and fumed. Not until the railway officials threatened to shunt his car onto a siding permanently did he finally consent to leave the train and wait for the regular 4:25 to Grantham...
...interest in democracy, now that the brave new post-war world has reared its ugly head over the land of squeeze. Elections will not be held before next December, so party hacks have plenty of time to arrange for a safe majority. In the meantime, the Kuomintang had to shunt off insinuations and questions concerning "one-party rule...
...single winter to clean snow from its streets. If artificial snowmaking proves effective, meteorologists will watch for supercooled clouds bearing down on a city. Airplanes will give them the dry ice treatment, making them dump their snow outside the city limits. Perhaps, if ski-minded, the weathermakers can shunt the snow to winter resorts...
...Bailey bill, which empowers local draft boards to shunt men (including 4-Fs) aged 18-45 into essential industries and keep them there, was tht only legislation in sight. It was a little bedraggled by the time, last week, the House Military Affairs Committee hung it with its last amendment and finally reported it out. Now on the floor of the House, even this mild, makeshift measure faced an uncertain fate...