Word: staying
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Reporting on his first year as head of the Veterans Administration, patient General Omar Bradley had sharp words for the ex-doughboys who would rather stay in the "52-20 clubs" (drawing $20 a week up to 52 weeks) than take low-paid jobs...
...less than 6,000,000 have drawn an average of more than two months' benefits, said Bradley. Today, about 1,700,000 are drawing down $135 million a month. The number on the rolls is growing and so is the length of time they stay on the rolls. Those among them who are not really seeking work, declared Omar Bradley, are jeopardizing the whole program: if this does not stop, he thought the public would force action to correct...
...from Oregon, improved his leisure in Washington by conducting (incognito) parties of rubberneckers through the Capitol. He thought it might "improve my public speaking" and even teach him a few things. After a few days he reported it had done both; he enjoyed it so much he planned to stay at the job for another week...
Although not a power hitter (he has only three home runs), Robinson makes up the difference by beating out bunts, stretching singles into doubles and doubles into triples. Last week, with Montreal 15 games out front and the parent Brooklyn Dodgers puffing to stay one jump ahead of the Cardinals, Boss Rickey asked himself whether he should call Robinson up to the majors but apparently thought better of it. But even if Robinson got no chance at a Brooklyn uniform until 1947, he had already accomplished his mission. Other big-league moguls were already hunting around for Negro rookies...
Today her clinic has 19 beds; mothers stay ten days, pay 500 pesos (about $15.80) for prenatal care, hospitalization and care of the child until it is six years old. Top Chilean doctors and obstetricians give their services free. Marie Schultze herself gets less than $1,200 a year, lives in a small apartment behind the clinic. Her reward: "The satisfaction I feel when I know I have had a vital part in saving some life...