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Word: sticking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...period when a good many Americans resented the Legion's big-stick and big-talk policy. The 75th Congress, faithfully mirroring the mood of the U.S. public, dug itself in behind a bulwark of neutrality legislation and arms embargoes, and hoped that Europe's troubles would disappear if no one noticed them. The Secretary of War, Harry Woodring of Kansas (a "sincere pacifist," Louis Johnson later called him), felt the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Master of the Pentagon | 6/6/1949 | See Source »

...Foynes, Hal Mofile, and Chuck Roche; if it is a southpaw, John Caulfield and Herbie Neal will switch with Foynes and Roche. Both sets of outfielders have shown improved hitting. The changed batting order, which has Mofile batting third and Ernie Mannino fifth, also is likely to stick. Mannino is the club's leading hitter with a sharp .336 average...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nine Faces Penn Here Tomorrow; | 5/27/1949 | See Source »

LeRoy appeared in the Third District Court of Middlesex at 9 a.m. yesterday, to answer a complaint stemming from his pointing a water pistol at Miss Pauline Gunn on Boylston Street Friday and allegedly saying something to the effect of "Stick...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Water Gun 'Attacker' Gets Case Postponed | 5/24/1949 | See Source »

...excepting a few short years of peak prosperity). That was perhaps the West's biggest asset. Wrote London's clear-eyed Economist: "If the victory at Berlin proves anything, it is that the way to deal with the Russians is to make stiff terms and to stick to them inflexibly . . . Firmness is now justified up to the hilt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Journey to a Pink Palace | 5/23/1949 | See Source »

LeRoy was walking down Boylston Street at 10:15 p.m. Friday with a water pistol in his hand. He brandished it in the general direction of Miss Pauline Gunn of Allston, muttered something to the effect of "Stick 'em up," and continued down the street, LeRoy said last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Arraigned For Stickup Prank | 5/23/1949 | See Source »

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