Word: trumps
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Pieria was neither great nor glorious. It was, however, important: for the first time in a year the Greek government forces, instead of trying to "contain" the guerrillas, had taken the offensive. Just as the U.S. had finally begun to crowd the Communists with political moves like the Trieste trump in Italy and General Lucius Clay's tough stand in Germany, so the Greek army was no longer Content to sit back and wait for the next Communist threat...
...self-confessed groundling, Managing Editor Matthews hopefully took along a brief case full of work and brought it back in exactly the same condition. His excuse: "On the occasions when I didn't think I was facing the last trump or a dress rehearsal for it, or a sudden reversal of peristaltic action; I was riveted to the window, trying to read the picture book surface...
...their struggle with General Motors, first target among the auto industry's Big Three, the United Automobile Workers played a last diplomatic trump card- an offer to arbitrate. But the union demanded that the arbiters have access to General Motors' books-a provision that was anathema to the company...
After the second game Mary O'Neill heard her man hum a few snatches: "All I can promise is a cozy little cottage. . . ." As usual, win or lose, Steve had bran flakes with peaches for dinner. But Grimm had a trump to play. For ten days he had rested Claude Passeau's ancient and ailing arm. After the third game, Lillian Grimm's floor-pacer passed a restful night...
...first time, three games to two. In two previous series, 1934's and 1940's, they had got that far and foozled. With Fireballer Trucks on tap, Steve (& Mary) O'Neill were sitting pretty. Charlie (& Lillian) Grimm had no choice but to come back with his trump after only two days' rest...