Word: solids
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From New York State alone came three ranking Democrats: Brooklyn's Borough President John Cashmore, State Chairman Paul Fitzpatrick, gubernatorial candidate Jim Mead, who was closeted with the President for a solid two hours (usual visitor's stay: about 15 minutes...
...Fine Job." By now a Communist loudspeaker van had arrived. With astute awareness that the rioting would give the Government a solid peg to hang the Communists on, the loudspeaker pleaded in fatherly tone: "Comrades, you've done a fine job . . . but remember, your anger should be directed against the owners of this building, not the police. . . . Now, come along. ... Go home in an orderly, disciplined way, worthy of the dignity of the working man." Through the crowd went three or four Communists, saying soothingly: "Now steady, comrades, steady, keep your heads." Finally the demonstrators began to break...
Professor to President. By 1927 Conant's researches in the borderland between organic and physical chemistry had earned him a solid scientific reputation, and the California Institute of Technology invited him to set up a new biological chemistry department. Anxious to keep Conant, Harvard promoted him to a full professorship, a few years later made him chairman of the chemistry department...
Could the auto market stand such a rise? It probably could, in the present mad scramble for cars. Despite indications that only one in every four orders is a "solid" one, there have been few rejections of cars by customers. Mass turndowns because of price rises seemed a long way off. But many another industry, where the demand was not so great, could not take this easy way out. They had Charlie Wilson's troubles, but could not use his solution...
...other pen which will do so many amazing, extraordinary things . . . brand cattle, spotweld, etch letters in solid concrete, repel insects or strange men, cut cabs in two pieces, burn holes in any blanket, melt locks (throw away your keys), remove superfluous hair (no smelly, sticky wax or paste!), and call police cars on short wave (if the police don't call you first!). It may even write, for all we know! . . . And you have only nine more years to wait...