Word: tuned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...thought of what an election-eve coal strike might mean in votes, or what capitulation to Lewis might do to his vanishing prestige. Then he made his decision - the Administration boat must not be rocked again, not by so much as a millimeter. Promptly, Cap Krug changed his tune, agreed that November 1 would be fine for the meeting...
Before the needle wore out, Partner Petrillo was calling the tune. This week union recording musicians begin drawing a straight hourly increase of 37½% ($41.25 instead of $30 for a three-hour session). "Pretty good," said James Caesar Petrillo...
Finally, Allen suggested a "world symphony" to sell his soap ("We'll have 300 violins piped in from California . . . trombones from Texas . . . 90 French horns direct from Marseilles"). But it would not do, said Allen. To the tune of Tit-Willow, he explained...
...came Soap Tycoon F. A. Allen. Sang Allen, to the tune of A Wandering Minstrel...
...hucksters of B.B.B. & M. suggested a radio show for Allen. He shouted the idea down ("If you mention that . . . again, I'll have your entire agency barred from Toots Shor's!"). To the tune of As Some Day It May Happen, Allen told why he dislikes radio...