Word: sopped
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Evil (Rank; United _ Artists) is a moldy old (made in Britain in 1943) sop for the insatiable U.S. fans of James Mason, who did not make a picture last year because of contract trouble. This one will not satisfy the fans for long...
...them together and fry in plenty of shortening, stirring constantly until thick. Then dilute with chicken or turkey broth to the consistency of cream soup. Pour all this over slices of boiled turkey, bring the entire dish to a boil for five minutes, serve sprinkled with sesame seed. Sop the sauce with tortillas. Be sure to serve plenty of napkins...
Schlesinger described the Wallace Plan as a "sop for soft, fuzzy-minded liberals, the kind Roosevelt called the "yes,--but boys," in reply to Allen's statement that "principles are principles...
Rate-Boost. U.S. railroads, out for higher rates all around, got a sop from the ICC. It granted the roads a 25% temporary increase in mail rates. The increase, estimated to yield the railroads more than $32,000,000 a year, will remain in effect until ICC acts on their request for a permanent 45% hike in mail...
...Solution." Eccles had his own remedies ready. One way to cure the disease, he said, was to reduce the money supply and thereby cut demand. He proposed: voluntary wage ceilings, lower profits (and lower prices), an end to Government support of farm prices (unless price ceilings were restored). To sop up excess credit, he wanted the Government to keep high tax rates and whittle the federal debt. To check the flow of new credit he wanted to raise the banks' reserve requirements and force interest rates...