Word: signaled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...explanation of this change in WLB's tone, most observers did not look farther than to John L. Lewis' signal success in bypassing its jurisdiction. But the Court agreed with Gypsum, called WLB's about-face "fantastic" and "ridiculous," ruled that the case should go to trial. WLB does not have to go on fighting: it can do nothing for 20 days; the case will die, with Gypsum the winner...
...event, WLB's attempt to back out of its impasse was a clear signal that compliance with its directives is anything but mandatory. The powers at issue in the Gypsum case were those which WLB possessed before passage of the Smith-Connally Act and the subsequent Presidential order giving WLB enforcement powers. Since that order WLB has been on firmer legal ground. But last week one Government man in a position to know the score declared: ". . . As a practical proposition right now compliance has broken down. It's a case of what the hell can the Government...
...misty morning the signal came. As the men moved out, they saw silhouetted the massive St. Isaac's Cathedral, the battered Admiralty, the grey ships on the Neva. On the broad, cold Nevski Prospect the passers-by guessed: the hour was near...
...mile of Jap guns. They were visited by as many as ten air raids a day. A bomb made a direct hit on the sick bay. But eight days after the landing strip had been taken, a complete A.A.C.S. station was open for business, sending a strong, clear signal into Guadalcanal. The new Allied airdrome...
...stations far from the beaten trails of traffic many a human problem flares up. Sometimes a lonely man will pick up a typewriter and heave it through the window, tear out a signal key and trample it on the floor. But if a newcomer suggests discipline, oldtimers reply: "Hell, no. He'll be all right for two or three weeks now. Better watch the other guys who haven't done anything...