Word: woos
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Some of them are willing to concede that, if he could be nominated, Stassen might run a better race than either Tom Dewey or Bob Taft. Among other things, he could, more than any other Republican, be counted on to woo away the votes of citizens who supported F.D.R. but do not like Harry Truman. But he has to be nominated first...
This prompted renewed efforts by the vulnerable cartel to woo Williamson. But he cold-shouldered them as he had all outside society, turned down offers to sell reportedly ranging from $20 to $80 million...
Hello, Shanghai. After a lapse of nearly ten years, the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. resumed telephone service between the U.S. and China ($12 plus tax for three minutes). One of the first commercial calls from the U.S. rang the phone of Woo Kyatang, executive editor of the Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury. "Hello, darling!" said a feminine voice from Washington, "How are you, dear?" When puzzled Woo failed to respond, the voice went on: "This is Dorothy, darling. How are you? . . . Isn't this Bill?" No, said Editor Woo, wrong number...
...great chance to capture mass support tomorrow by the means it devises to implement its ideals. From the current program embracing labor rights, federal aid to education, civil liberties, and universal military training two sorts of approach can develop: the agitation tactic which alienates the men it should most woo simply because of what it is (making smalltime political capital from colossal issues) or the militant but intelligent approach which seeks to offer something concrete to the solution of actual problems. Choosing the latter will spell a busy and worthwhile career. By fostering a progressive attitude on separate college campuses...
...victims are stupid, wealthy women. His difficult task is to woo them, marry them, pry their money loose, murder them, dispose of the corpses, and invest his take. He is exceedingly hardworking, skillful and, in his way, ethical at his job; he takes the least possible emotional advantage of his victims, and he is careful to kill them painlessly...