Word: sound
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...therefore, being sound of mind, wind, and limb, having at least as much sense as an animal, do hereby declare war on my enemies, and ... I will fight them every step of the way until we achieve the equality as American citizens which is guaranteed by our Constitution...
Stopped cold, Van Zeeland stepped out. Regent Charles next asked a less ardent Leopoldist Catholic, Frans van Cauwelaert, to sound out the parties. This time the Socialists cautiously thought they might accept if certain stiff conditions were met: 1) a public statement of charges against the King and his defense; 2) requirement of a 70-75% majority in the plebiscite before the King could return; 3) if the King fails of this majority, he must abdicate...
Casey Stengel was floating on a fleecy cloud. In his managerial cubbyhole at Yankee Stadium, Casey reclined dreamily upon a sofa, his short, crooked legs crossed, his gnarled hands clasped behind his head. "Best ball club I ever had," he kept repeating softly, as though he liked the sound of the words. Last week, at the season's halfway mark, his New York Yankees were leading the American League by six games...
...Ford could avert a strike; "We are prepared," cried Reuther, "to use all the weapons possessed by free labor in America." The steel workers talked just as tough, but Big Steel's tight-lipped Ben Fairless showed no signs of yielding. Snapped he last week: "There is no sound or proper justification for . . . a wage increase at this time...
...Hollywood, most independent producers rubbed their hands at the prospect of the theater owners' largesse. But a few feared that the exhibitors would drive hard loan terms and might spend more time meddling on the sound stages than feeling pulses at the box office...