Word: weaponeering
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...C.M.U. meetings, although Joe's single union represented by far the largest number of men, he was outvoted by Bridges and the Bridges' coalition. They used the C.M.U. as a political weapon without Joe's approval. They undercut him and outmaneuvered...
...guessed wrong. Ambidextrous Bromwich, not quite as spry as of old, was nevertheless steady; Schroeder flubbed the simplest shots and lost the first set, 3-6. Then Schroeder, who plays with his mouth open, his tongue out and blowing ferociously, began to use his best weapon-a net game. He rushed the net at every chance, smashing beautifully and volleying down the lines with superb accuracy...
Murray and Reuther, at least, do not want to strike. They recognize the disastrous possibilities of another series of work stoppages such as shook the economy last year. But they are in this thing up to their necks. The strike is virtually their only weapon and, if they insist on getting what they are now demanding, they might ultimately have to resort...
...will still have a large supply of pessimistic dismay and insomnia to keep them happy, for the first United Nations meeting on American soil dealt inadequately or not at all with many international sore spots. Franco Spain received only a routine rebuke; the veto is still too powerful a weapon in U.N. procedure; and trusteeship questions are still undecided. But the credits outweigh the debits, and the recent General Assembly Session may have charted a road on which nations can travel together in peace...
Henry Wallace and his angels had challenged the forces of darkness to battle (TIME, Nov. 25), and now he was ready to unlimber his new weapon. This week the first issue of the New Republic under his editorship hit the stands, looking only mildly destructive. The barrel was shinier (a cover in color), but the bore was the same; the ammunition more plentiful (64 pages instead of 32), but generally of the old caliber. One cheering note for the money-losing New Republic: the issue was abnormally ad-packed...