Word: ve
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There were anguished complaints from some Congressmen whose local districts would be hurt, but, mindful of the demands they had often made for economy, many a Congressman manfully choked and swallowed in silence. The services themselves were surprisingly philosophic. Said Under Secretary of the Navy Dan Kimball: "We've had this coming a long time. The war is over...
Such economies would bring on personnel dismissals, temporary unemployment and a grave risk for Labor's political prestige. "What of it?" snapped one harassed party chief last week. "It's got to be done. We've got to take the risk...
...back roads, CHESF's shirtsleeved, roly-poly President Jose Antonio Alves de Souza told his men to go ahead without it. As his barefooted laborers struggled last week to haul rude, four-handled wooden trays of rock from the darn excavations, Alves de Souza said: "Sure, we've got too many men here now. But we can't just sit and wait for the machinery to come. We're in a hurry...
...They are a hard bunch to live with when they lose. Last month, after losing a tough game in Philadelphia, a couple of Cardinals made the mistake of singing Moonlight and Roses while the team was riding the bus to the station. Said Eddie Dyer sharply: "If you've got to sing, wait until I get off this bus. I don't see anything to sing about." Things were different after they had taken a game from Cincinnati and learned that Brooklyn had blown one to Boston. They gave Doc Weaver, the club trainer, a rousing cheer...
Sometimes you can read halfway through an A. P. story before realizing you've got something hot." United Press' figures "in accident and disaster stories . . . are in variably higher than A.P. figures, and invariably have to be revised downward." U.P. also showed "a predilection for the tired adjective." International News Service summaries are "well and tightly written." But I.N.S...