Word: staying
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Even for stay-at-home Britons Wednesday was dreary. From that day there was no more gasoline for pleasure driving. On Wednesday, too, railway fares increased twopence to threepence on the shilling. Other Wednesday black marks: coal prices increased as much as six shillings a ton; the new clothing coupon period started, but now there were fewer coupons; under the Exchange Control Act, officials began opening parcels and letters suspected of containing notes or valuables. There was only one bright spot: Britons were at last permitted to turn on their heaters to combat the October evening chill...
Agustín's son Gustavo went off with Villa's army. "I could never look into Villa's eyes," Gustavo recalls. "They were like tiger's eyes." Brother Miguel followed Obregón, who liked to stay up talking until 4 in the morning. "He'd never drink himself, but he'd feed us coffee and cognac, talk about fighting ahead or swap the latest filthy stories." Because the campesino's hero, Emiliano Zapata, refused to let Agustín and other newsmen cover his ragged army, and shot up their press...
About once a week, Dr. Hawley, fat and 56, threatens to resign his exacting, modestly paid job (in private practice, he could probably make three times his $12,000 Government salary). But he likes the work, and U.S. medicos keep urging him to stay on. In an organization that attracts political meddlers, General Hawley knows all he needs to know about the strategy of defense...
...biggest name on the Texas campus. Finally, a way was found. For years, Dobie had taken leave without pay during the fall term to write, and to avoid the hay-fever season. This year, when he applied for leave as usual, Painter refused it, said he must stay on the job. No, said Dobie: hay fever "devastated" him. President Painter thereupon issued a statement: "By this action, Dobie's connection with the university has terminated...
...Stay-at-homes who take their meals at the Union will reap the rewards of accumulated hours of sweating out chow lines Saturday afternoon as the dining hall throws open its doors for a giant smoker featuring a broadcast description of the Virginia game...