Word: soft
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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State stressed the global problems involved, advised a gentle approach, with all regard for British sensibilities. Treasury was less sympathetic; the British could do more for themselves than they are doing, argued Snyder's men, and besides, State had a reputation as a soft touch...
...exporters still had ample opportunities. The trouble was that the British had not tried hard enough to exploit them. He put an accurate finger on one reason for British woes: British business had preferred to sell its wares to nondollar markets, where demand was high and Britain met only soft competition...
...crash, the New Mexican changed hands and politics several times, is now owned by Robert M. MtKinney, cousin of Railroader Robert R. Young (TIME, Feb. 3, 1947), and Southwest Newspapers, Inc. which own three other small papers. But it is run by 42-year-old Editor Harrison, a hardfisted, soft-hearted political reporter who has been a hair shirt for New Mexican politicos for 17 years, political columnist of the New Mexican for five and editor for 17 months...
With an air of pained surprise, northern and western soft-coal operators fired crusty, aging Ezra Van Horn, an executive of the Ohio Coal Association, from his six-year-old job as the operators' chief labor negotiator. They also tied a new demand to the contract they are negotiating with John L. Lewis. If Van Horn was not relieved of his trustee's job, they would not sign a new contract with the union...
...Soft Blue Walls. Between lectures and educational movies, wide-eyed mothers & fathers stared at the refurbished classrooms with their soft blue walls and off-white ceilings, newly varnished floors, took in the fluorescent fixtures, sleekly comfortable seats and desks. Comparing them with the kerosene-lit, bench-lined rooms still familiar in Arkansas' rural areas, they asked: "Why can't we have this all the time?" and "How much does it cost...