Word: sitting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Bernie Baruch was in a position where his voice would be heard. His first official act was to sit down and pen a statement...
...idiosyncrasy to which Baruch feels entitled is dinner on the dot at 7:30. If guests are late, he starts to eat by himself. He seldom goes to Washington parties. "They sit around drinking cocktails when I want to eat." he growls...
...sponsor is a Houston rice broker named Gordon L. Harwell. A born pot-watcher, Harwell used to sit up late nights with a pressure cooker and a potful of paddy (rice in the husk) trying to cook up an improvement on conventional milling methods. In orthodox rice milling, machines first remove the husk (containing vitamin Bi), then the germ and several coats of bran (rich in fat, minerals and vitamin B complex), finally give forth a polished white kernel which has lost most of the vitamins and minerals in the original rough grain. (The husks are burned; the bran...
Candid Craft. The troop-carrying glider is a candid sort of aircraft, no secrets, nothing concealed. Canvas fabric covers the fuselage; in flight it vibrates like a drumhead. The whole craft is springy and alive as a new buggy. Pilot and copilot sit up in the blunt, transparent nose, a single row of instrument dials in front of them. The noise of rushing air is astonishing...
After this introduction to Four-Star etiquette, Van Atta got another lesson in Lieut. General George Kenney's head quarters in Port Moresby. The reporter was sitting on the floor talking to Kenney when MacArthur entered. Van Atta started to get to his feet, MacArthur told him to stay put. Politely, Van Atta still strove to rise. The General hollered "Sit down," and enforced the order with a whack on the shoulder that crumpled the cor respondent to the floor...