Word: winterful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Last winter they were startled more than ever. The moment that his old mentor, Senator Martin, began sniping at the flanks of ERP, Duff rose up before a Temple University audience to throw his full weight behind the Marshall Plan. He jarred the old guard again by warning a P.M.A. dinner that the way to start fighting inflation was by cutting back prices. When he let it be known that he was getting ready to swing his convention support behind a candidate of his own choosing, the regulars reached for their knives...
...Remarked Liberal Lord Samuel last winter: "This is undoubtedly the only institution in the world which is kept efficient by the permanent absenteeism of the great majority of its members...
...Last winter a chunky, cheerful man toured Palestine in an open convertible. He looked at the limestone hills and green settlements with a soldier's eye. This hilltop, he would say, should be fortified; that gully would be ideal for a withdrawal if necessary. To strangers he was introduced as "Mr. Stone." His real name was David ("Mickey") Marcus, late of West Point, New York City and the U.S. Army...
...Duenna might never be performed again in Russia: its plot is hardly in the acceptable groove, especially after the brisk spanking Russia's composers got last winter for "bourgeois, Western-oriented'' ideas and music...
...typical case was that of the European edition of the Herald Tribune. Last winter, it was forced to cut its circulation in Germany to under 5,000. It was unwilling to continue piling up marks which it could not exchange for other currencies or spend in Germany. The Paris Trib could sell 50,000 more copies a day to Germans and Austrians "who are hungry for news of the U.S." But to meet this demand, it would have to be able to trade $462,000 a year worth of blocked marks for dollars...