Word: slap
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Back of the Hand. Developing this thesis, Freshman Luce took a bold slap at President Roosevelt. Said she: "Until 1937, Franklin Roosevelt was the world's outstanding isolationist. For years he was famed for his blithe indifference to the oneness of the world in every chancellery in Europe and Asia. His public approval, for example, of Munich is a matter of public record...
...said Nelson, the consumer got more goods and services than he had ever had before-except for slap-happy 1941, when the war program took a far smaller share of total output than its 40% bite by the end of 1942. This year there is no more slack to take up in manpower and materials; civilian production will nosedive as war production rises. Overall per-capita consumption will probably be off 20% from last year...
...Chinese feelings would be deeply hurt. If the bill were reported out and passed, the A.F. of L., American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars would be very angry with Congress. And if the bill were reported out and rejected, matters would be still worse: it would be a slap in the face of China, whose morale is already suffering from six years...
...ships found Italians, they whipped them. On one occasion Admiral Sir James Fownes Somerville on the Nelson knocked the Italians and escaped with nothing worse than a scare from an Italian torpedo, which missed. Flashed A.B.C.: "Flag to Nelson. Success of your operation should console you for nearly getting slap in belly with wet fish." When Admiral Somerville was given a second knighthood, A.B.C. signaled "Congratulations. Twice a knight. And at your...
...corn ceiling, which had practically paralyzed the market, in order to start corn moving to cattle growers again. He raised the floor price of hogs from $13.25 to $13.75 to guarantee hog growers a fair return. And for the benefit of packers and the public, he got ready to slap a $14.50 ceiling on live hogs, recently selling...