Word: teethe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Though the report approved $363 million in economic aid for China, and $100 million for military assistance, it simultaneously kicked China's government publicly in the teeth. Said the report: "Ineptitude in military leadership and corruption among army commanders has contributed largely to the lowered morale of the Chinese government troops. ... An important psychological factor is the lack of popular confidence in the Chinese government...
...most characteristic gesture when making a speech: emphasizing a point by rising on his toes, leaning forward, pointing his index finger and popping his eyes. He favors dark, conservative suits, hates to be photographed in his shirtsleeves (he thinks it undignified) or with his mouth open (his front teeth are slightly parted). He speaks in deep, deliberate tones, uses an occasional gentlemanly damn...
...show closed with Shorty soliloquizing: "I guess that's what they call experience. Gettin' your teeth kicked in like that by a guy you've always looked up to. Now I'm really learning what life is like. . . . Well, nuts to 'em all. I can play it rough if that's the way they want it. And it looks from here like it's gonna be rough...
Mozart: Symphony in G Minor, No. 40 (K.550) (The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner conducting; Columbia, 6 sides). Pittsburghers may gnash their teeth for letting Fritz Reiner go (TIME, March 8) after hearing this splendid performance of a great symphony. Recording (Columbia's first on Vinylite): excellent...
...willing to design practically anything-at a price. Before their homing instinct comes to roost at last they have been put through the wringer by practically every type of swindler involved in, or parasitic upon, the building trades. Blandings saves his neglected job by the skin of his teeth; and for a time even his marriage seems to be headed for the rocks...