Word: suddenly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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That was no sudden, theoretician's conclusion. Big Jim had come up through the brawling competition of the wildcat oilfields; his roots were deep in Pennsylvania history. One of his ancestors was a member of William Penn's Council. His grandfather was one of the first to strike oil in western Pennsylvania...
...Free Seats. Go-slow Grundymen, alarmed by such sudden changes, began to eye the state capital with increasing suspicion. When Jim Duff presented his bill, they yowled for vengeance. To raise an extra $133 million in state revenue he increased cigarette taxes from 2? to 4? a pack, slapped new taxes on beer (½? pint) and soft drinks (1? per 12 ounces). Then he prevented repeal of the five-mill tax levied on manufacturers' capital stocks and franchises...
...other kakemono is realistic, and proves that Kyosai was a sharp-eyed son of Japan's feudal age, which was, like Europe's, an age of falconry. It also shows why the wind god is in such a hurry: a naturalistically painted eagle, sudden as a thunderclap, is swooping down...
Ernie Explodes. One day last week, U.S. Ambassador Lewis Douglas called on Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin; what he had to say was brutally simple. President Harry Truman had recognized the State of Israel (that neither George Marshall nor Lew Douglas himself was particularly happy about their boss's sudden step was another matter). Now the U.S. expected from Britain, if not Israel's recognition, at least a stoppage of aid to the Arabs. Lew Douglas added that, unless the British complied, Marshall Plan allocations to Britain might run into trouble in Congress...
...Sudden Change. In Tel Aviv, the air raids continued. At first, Tel Avivians had looked on the sporadic Egyptian air raids as a mildly exciting diversion. "But one afternoon last week," cabled TIME Correspondent Eric Gibbs from Tel Aviv, "that attitude suddenly changed. High up in the blue sky, a grey-green Egyptian Spitfire ' plunged almost vertically toward the town. As it plummeted with the sun glinting on the wings, it seemed to twist slightly, giving the impression that the plane was out of control. Some Tel Avivians standing in the street began to clap their hands, thinking...