Word: standing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Stand back, ye lawful accusers, I die a ransom...
Like the Democratic Party itself, it was composed of the most diverse elements: Southerners (who dislike Truman because of his stand on racial equality), New Dealers (who think Truman has forsaken them) and big city bosses (who fear that Truman will be so badly beaten that they will lose control of local offices...
...Custard Principle. Ventre hit a deep strain in Spectator readers. But would his philosophy work? Wrote one: "Kick the cat, snap asunder the shanking mashie . . . show resistentia that you will stand no nonsense. But this is bad for the blod pressure . . . Ventre gives no guide in this dilemma." Wrote another: man might still "divide, deceive and sometimes rule. A lawn perishing from drought may be saved by its owner's . . . leaving a valuable book outdoors. By a variation of this principle, the grim persistence of watched pots in not boiling can be harnessed to prevent the ruin...
Bromwich, with the fans solidly behind him, worked up to match point three times and then failed to cash in. Having yet to win a Wimbledon championship, he was obviously suffering from "center-court jitters." In the excitement of Falkenburg's stubborn last stand, it was easy to forget how bad both players' tennis was. After Bromwich's serve was broken in the crucial fifth set, he began muffing everything. Falkenburg's winning margin: 7-5, 0-6, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5. Said he: "I was lucky...
...Neill's story is strong enough to stand this treatment. It is a fond backward look at the Millers, who are struggling with big & little family crises during an old-fashioned Fourth of July. Most of the trouble is started by son Richard (Mickey Rooney), a sensitive high-school senior who reads such radical thinkers as Shaw, Wilde and Ibsen. After innocently quoting a few of Swinburne's riper lines in a letter to his best girl, Richard is forbidden to see her again. Heartbroken, he vows to burn himself out in wild debauchery, settles for two sloe...