Word: sticking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Canada's reinforcements debate was out in the open at last, First Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, his dander up, defended his determination to stick to a policy of voluntary overseas military service. Then James Layton Ralston, fired as Defense Minister in last fortnight's crisis over the issue, told why he favored compulsion...
...Cleaning cotton seed before machine planting. After ginning, the seed has a fuzzy nap that makes seeds stick together; planting these clusters by machine makes "chopping" (thinning), necessary when the plants come up. The Hopson farm eliminated chopping by de-fuzzing the seeds so they could be planted singly...
...issues; he seemed to be talking to himself. Then came the break: Franklin Roosevelt made his famed frolicsome speech to the Teamsters. That brought both Dewey and his campaign to life again. The bulk of his detailed reply at Oklahoma City might soon be forgotten, but one note would stick: "He asked for it. Here...
...armistice with Russia, war-drained Finland was still trying to throw out the once-welcome German guest. Russia joined in at the Arctic Ocean to speed the parting. With Petsamo's nickel mines threatened by the Russian drive and a Lapland winter making up, the German determination to stick around was beginning to cool. Helsinki was still hopeful that it would be able to demobilize its soldiers by Dec. 5-the armistice deadline...
...Dark), arrived in Manhattan from a six-months' battle tour of England, France and Belgium, admitted that she had suffered from "estomac de Normandie . . . a polite name for dysentery." She began rehearsing a new comedy-drama, Errand for Bernice, but said that she "may not be able to stick it" because she is too far from the war. Said she: "I keep feeling I ought to be doing something. New York is just incredible. It's as though peace were already declared. . . . I've never seen so much money . . . so many people buying clothes...