Word: soled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...days Simla seethed with secrecy, bubbled Math optimism. Then the conference suddenly stalled. In this political pinch, Lord Wavell was patient. At issue was the question: should the Moslem League have sole right to nominate the Moslem ministers in India's projected new government? Mohamed Ali Jinnah said yes. The delegates of the All-India Congress, which also includes Moslem members, claimed the right to nominate at least one Moslem minister. The factions agreed to adjourn until July 14, so that their working committees could try to work out some compromise...
...Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee, the Senate's presiding officer. To U.S. citizens, middle-of -the -roader Sam Rayburn, 31 years in Congress, seemed reasonable enough as a presidential possibility. But they quailed at the thought of crotchety, patronage-grabbing Kenneth McKellar, whose striped trousers seemed almost his sole presidential qualification...
...evidence in this case is very clear that the contract was canceled for the sole reason that the plaintiff was in service...
...Guard! German welfare was not the Russians' sole concern. As when the Russian soldiers were exposed to the joys of Bucharest (TIME, Oct. 23), Soviet officials were worried by the possible effects of a new scene on Red Army soldiers. Said Red Star...
Over 200 men, looking forward to their sole opportunity of the spring term to rib the officers and attracted by the promise of free beer and coke, are expected to attend the performance. There has been no censorship, declares William C. Lancaster, president of the Naval Society, and members of the staff of the unit, including Lieutenant Commander Roy M. Mundorff, USNR, of Harvard's Naval Training Schools, will be in the audience...