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Word: threats (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Stern stood pat on his offer of a, 12% general increase. Said he sternly: "Since 1936 ... we have had a gun pointed at our head, in the shape of a strike threat, at every Guild negotiation. This year, the gun was not only pointed but cocked before we even sat down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Go Ahead & Shoot | 11/18/1946 | See Source »

...know, after you have looked down a gun barrel for several years, you become impervious to the threat. You finally get to thinking that perhaps the easiest solution is to let the other fellow pull the trigger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Go Ahead & Shoot | 11/18/1946 | See Source »

...important right wing leader, who declined to be quoted by name, told reporters that left wing extremists were forced to accept the strong Anti-Communist language by a threat to ram it down their throats" on the convention floor this week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Over the Wire | 11/18/1946 | See Source »

...expected to show anything novel today, relying on the power of the Varsity line to support Chip Gannon and O'Donnell on their off-tackle slants and end sweeps, and to pave the way for Vince Moravee on his guard smashes and spins. A newly-arisen passing threat in the person of Gannon, whose aerial attempts have shown constant improvement, should lead the required variety...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Crimson Favored to Defeat brown In Quest for Seventh win of Season | 11/16/1946 | See Source »

Besides Finn, the principal Brown threat is Roy Swingler, a young man who ran a kickoff for an 80-yard touchdown against the Crimson in 1941. It could happen again

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Crimson Favored to Defeat brown In Quest for Seventh win of Season | 11/16/1946 | See Source »

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