Word: stops
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...early-ballot nomination was not possible and some of the other governors nodded agreement. Take Massachusetts, said Bradford: its delegates were going to be for Favorite Son Leverett Saltonstall as long as he was in the running. Bob Bradford hastened to add that there was no thought of a stop-Dewey movement. That was all right with Dewey; his mission to Springfield was to sound out New England leaders for second-choice support, to make friends and influence people. He got no promises, and no rebuffs...
During the scrimmage, the Freshmen remained constantly on the defensive, and for the second straight day provided a target for the offensive plays of their seniors. While the Varsity made notable gains with abandon, the Yardlings rallied on more than one occasion to stop them cold and attracted favorable attention by their spirited play...
...Arrival Section of the U.N. Transportation Service, telephones jangled and gushed out messages: "Tell so-&-so I won't be at the apartment until later. He'll find the key under the door mat. Tell him he'd better stop at a delicatessen on the way up." The Chinese delegation was arriving at LaGuardia field, and an "Arrival" aide hurried out to meet them, only to find the plane landed and the dignitaries indistinguishably entangled with 55 welcoming Chinese. From another office in the Empire State Building, redheaded U.N. Protocol Chief Jehan de Noue darted constantly...
...people must do without nearly everything they make at home so that it can be sold abroad. Again & again, Sir Stafford warned industry's owners and managers that if they do not do what they are told, the Government will make them do it. British workers must stop slacking on the job. If workers are lacking in basic industry, labor conscription, though the Labor Government shrinks from the thought, will have to come...
...novel approach. She explained: "One of the first things I did was to teach him to play tennis in English." That made the language seem of some use. Then she got him interested in games involving a map of the world and miniature ships. "The ships follow routes: they stop at a port and unload a cargo of rice and take on a cargo of coffee. They run into fog and have to turn back. There is a lot of vocabulary practice in the natural talk of playing the game. ... I teach everything in English. Then, when [Prince Akihito] learns...