Word: strung
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...High-Strung. In Augusta, Me., Ralph E. Mosher, who won the nomination for state senator on both party tickets, reported his total campaign expenses: 18?, including 10? for a beer to "relax tension...
...Harrison Spangler took up quarters at the Stevens Hotel. Dewey managers streamed out of New York; California's keynoting Governor Earl Warren boarded a special car loaded with West Coast GOPoliticos. In Chicago's cavernous stadium, 25 blocks from the Loop, workmen tacked up flags and bunting, strung 600 miles of special wire, while the genial host, Chicago's Mayor Ed Kelly, set up an economical sign that would serve to welcome the Democrats...
...canteen, gas mask, paper money) are still selling strong in New Britain, asking prices are in fresh eggs, steaks, oranges, canned goods. ¶Wristlets and watch bands made from scrap plane duraluminum, stamped "Guadalcanal," "Tarawa," etc., bring $8 to $15, depending on workmanship. Polished cat's-eye shells, strung as necklaces, range from...
What makes Frank Crowe a master builder is his audacity of invention. He pioneered in using horizontal cables strung across river canyons to carry concrete from mixer to chutes into the dam. Without them, Boulder would have been almost impossible to build...
...humanitarianism's most heartening success stories, got started because high-strung, pint-sized George Williams was no help to his stern English farmer-father. When he upset aj load of hay, his disgusted family apprenticed him to a small-town draper (drygoods merchant). A natural salesman, George Williams finally rose to ownership of his own draper's shop...