Word: unraveler
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Asked last night if he were going to make any changes in the present setup, Mr. Perkins said he expected to unravel any kinks that might appear after becoming better acquainted with the administration of the office. But he emphasized that getting the personal problems of students through inter views with the advisors is the most important fact...
...SHOE-Medora Field -Macmillan ($2). An ill-advised nocturnal tour of a spooky old Georgia church yard ends with a house-party guest stabbed to death. The well-hidden killer almost eliminates the lively young Georgia girl who tells the story and helps the local police chief unravel the crimes. Constant action, intricate plot and much lively chatter...
...unravel the snarls in the lifeline, Arnstein has already made several important moves: appointment of U.S. Army Lieutenant James Wilson, a trucking veteran, to boss all operations; hiring of 31 American mechanics and dispatchers ; putting into service 4,500 new, heavy-duty American trucks, now arriving at the rate of 500 per week; resumption of the paving project with 10,000 tons of U.S. asphalt. Soon to appear are such other innovations as a police patrol, radio communications between control points...
Back of these reforms, letter and spirit, one of the strongest influences was the U.S., represented by the bespectacled face of Lauchlin Currie, economic aide to President Roosevelt. Currie went to Chungking early this year, at the invitation of the National Government, to try to unravel its snarled finances, set up a working budget. But his mission developed into a high-powered diplomatic errand...
When Phoneman Moore married Schoolteacher Mabel B. T. Clark (his second wife) six months ago, her first task was to unravel the mysteries of a front-hall panel studded with 28 pushbuttons, representing the overflow of her husband's mechanical talents and his preoccupation with the front door. Push one button and the door opens long enough to admit one visitor, then slams shut. Push it twice and a party of six can slip in without getting nipped. For crowds, a second button holds the door open indefinitely. For salesmen, truculent folk and enemies, a special button flips...