Word: sopped
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Secretary Morgenthau is trying to sop...
...repressive principles of Versailles, of what kind of liberalism Mr. Churchill plans for England after the war--the same Mr. Churchill who a few years ago vilified the New Deal in public speeches? Is the demand for religious tolerance in Russia really an opening wedge, or just a sop for the Catholics who care? If England goes along a reactionary political path, it can hardly be expected that Soviet Russia or any other important European nation will follow the lone example of the United States...
...wearing civilian clothes while among civilians has brought down many a gibe on officers with rumpled pants, stringy cravats. Most of the gibing has been done at officers in Washington, where wearing uniforms except on unusual or ceremonial occasions is distinctly bad form. (The custom originated as a supposed sop to pacifists and Congressmen with antimilitary constituencies.) Last week, awl-tongued Columnist Westbrook Pegler, an old Navyman, joined the chorus of gibers. Wrote...
...writers, hence no longer exercises exclusive bargaining rights over its songs. No longer will ASCAP's board of directors be permitted to perpetuate themselves in office, and song writers will be eligible to join the society on the strength of one published song instead of five. As a sop to ASCAP, the decree includes a clause forbidding all ASCAPers from having any truck with BMI, the broadcasters' own music pool. Also ASCAP had to shell out a $5,000 fine, 19 director-members $1,000 apiece. But on one major point, ASCAP will have...
Despite Mr. Ronchi, it looked last week as if San Francisco would finally get the big frieze. The Board of Education ap-oroved Sculptor Johnson's drawing. So did the Art Commission, Mr. Ronchi dissenting. As a sop to him, the Commission held up formal approval of the clay models until slight changes should be made...