Word: sternly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Jimmy Byrnes had wanted to quit a long time ago. For months he had been fighting off a jangling weariness. But there was never a time to rest in Moscow, London, Washington or New York. Last April, after a physical checkup, he got a stern warning: "Slow down-or else!" But asking a U.S. Secretary of State to slow down in 1946 was like asking a canoeist to pause amidst rapids. He decided to make a clean break instead, and sent his resignation to. the President...
...Terrorism. The first dramatic moment of the dramatic session came when Matteo Matteotti, 25, son of Italy's famous anti-Fascist martyr (TIME, Aug. 7, 1944), moved to the speaker's microphone. His wide mouth and slightly jutting jaw firmly set, his deep-set eyes solemn and stern, young Matteotti charged Nenni's party leadership with spreading "fear and terrorism," and denounced the Congress as illegal. The delegates rose and screamed: "Degenerate son!" But Matteotti doggedly finished his job, handed the presiding officer what he called documentation proving Nenni's terroristic methods, and calmly walked...
...Blinken, Donald C. Borg, Dana F. Bresnahan. Robert Cowen, Victor J. Critchlow, W. L. Jack Edwards, William B. Fosler, Sidney F. Greeley, Jr., Richard A. Green, John P. McMorrow, Thomas L. P. O'Donnell. Roswell B. Perkins, E. Barr Peterson, Clinton M. Ritchie, Saul L. Sherman. Philip M. Stern, James M. Sullivan, and Nathan Weston...
...times Caniff ever preached to his readers was when he had Terry Lee win his wings in China. Terry and the readers got a long, stern graduation speech from his commander Flip Corkin on courage, skill and honor among airmen. That Sunday page was read into the Congressional Record. An aide showed it to Patterson, who growled: "Who does Caniff think he is, Robert Emmet Sherwood?" ("He had to go and name a playwright I admire," says Caniff.) Once Caniff, excited by the morale value of his strip, suggested that the Daily News be sent free to remote post exchanges...
Traveling Home. Advancing years have sapped none of Hammond's enthusiasm. His latest love: a 20-ton trailer, which he designed and built. It has a kitchen, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, its own water supply. From stem to stern, it teems with gadgets, from an intercom to an electric dishwasher...