Word: stronge
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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They burst into song. "Raise your voice in gladsome song, we are up & coming, progressive, kind and strong." Mr. Truman edged back into his office as they were about to begin The Missouri Waltz...
...taken a strong arm to do it, and Johnson had one. The victims were 135,000 of some 900,000 civilians who have been working for the Army, Navy and Air Force at everything from tapping typewriters to hammering rivets into ships. At the time of Johnson's order, there was one civilian employee in the armed services to every two men in uniform; now many a serviceman would have to work harder...
...worth more than $26 million. Its membership includes 406,000 of the industry's 450,000 workers. Now there are as many Italians as Jews, as older Jewish immigrants have died off, and their children, scorning the trade, studied to become teachers, lawyers and doctors. I.L.G.W.U. locals are strong in Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston and Philadelphia. In fact, the only major holdout is the Donnelly Garment Co. in Kansas City, against which the union has vainly hurled hordes of organizers for years, at a cost...
...approach...is a firm and disciplined one. He takes no nonsense from a piano. He sits erect before the instrument and in full command of it. His wrists are rigid and his bony fingers strong and sure...Not only does he play such numbers [as the Paderewski Minuet in G] completely and correctly, seldom if ever missing or muffing a note, but he evidences keen insight into the composer's intent by subtle shadings of interpretation...[When] he tackled a bit of Chopin...I was downright floored. I knew he played well-but not that well...
...been no Othello, merely a self-deluded little man; Diver no Don Juan, only a seedy blusterer. Henry's final feeling was the sour taste that comes from a strong swallow of reality...