Word: snag
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Chungking, whence he flew fortnight ago with a staff of 13 production experts, ex-WPBoss Donald Nelson was busy setting up a WPB for Chiang Kaishek. Every few days he took time out from his labors to issue enthusiastic bulletins: he had not struck a single snag so far; his goal is to double China's war production in six months. Finally he just came right out and said flatly: "This will be the best mission that ever came to China...
...snag its third straight win of the summer season, Harvard's baseball nine plays host to a V-12 dominated Tufts College team tomorrow afternoon at 3:15 o'clock at Soldiers Field in the first clash this year between the two squads...
...Stahlmen met Quonset last spring in the year's opener and held the lead until the ninth inning when the bellbottom boys came from behind to snag a 4 to 2 victory. "Those sailors had the best-looking lineup we played against all spring," Coach Stahl remarked yesterday, and their 12-6 defeat of Yale this Wednesday shows that they are still dangerous competition...
...Army's plan for higher permanent rank for its top men, some of whom (e.g., Clark, Kenney, Eaker) are still only lieutenant colonels in the regular promotion list, had hit a pesky snag. But Army men hoped that it would disappear in time-perhaps by the time Congress reconvenes...
There are also manufacturing difficulties. Leather is scarce (some types cannot be got at all), paper is not too plentiful. But the big snag is the shortage of men in binderies and shipping rooms...