Word: wile
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...small, back-alley machine shops had hijacked machinists from bigger war plants. Their system was simple: each would hire someone else's skilled worker away as a "private contractor," let him "bid" on each job he turned out and "rent" the machine he worked on. Technically, this wile put the worker in business for himself. Thus the worker who changed jobs needed no WMC statement of availability, and by "bidding" for jobs, neatly dodged WLB wage ceilings as well...
...Montgomery's second round would develop was the General Staff's secret. It might be a sudden onslaught. It might be other short, sharp jabs. Or it might be a blow at an unexpected spot. Despite the change of wind, no one was discounting the wile of Erwin Rommel...
Social Hygiene as Mental Hygiene--Seminar on Youth Problems in War Time. Dr. Ira S. Wile, Emerson 211, 2:30 o'clock...
...gentleman called up the Information office yesterday. "Could you send me a companion for my wife?" he asked. "I am forced to go away on etxended business trips pretty frequently, and she gets so lonely that I thought you might be able to provide someone to wile away the long hours...
...slap fully as resounding as that which Scarlett O'Hara deals to Ashley Wilkes to give Gone With the Wind its real start. When Pres goes, Julie is confident he will come back. A year later he does return, with a Northern bride (Margaret Lindsay). With every vixenish wile she can think of, Julie tries to satisfy her longing and her hate. When a duel born of her scheming results in Buck Cantrell's death, even her motherly aunt (Fay Bainter) calls Julie a Jezebel...