Word: switchpoint
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Sawyer for President. If the reaction to such fine words was no more than a brisk hand clapping, it was because U.S. businessmen, more accustomed to red lights, sidings and switchpoint derails were reserving final judgment. There were some skeptics. One listener, who thought of the situation in terms other than railroading, observed: "He seems to be inviting us to get into bed with the Truman Administration-just to get warm. Nobody ever came out of that situation just warmed." A Houston banker emerged from a closed meeting with the Secretary snarling over his cold cigar: "If that guy means...
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