Word: worded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...only real fight at Philadelphia was over the vice presidential nomination. From the White House, Harry Truman flashed the word that he wanted Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas...
...Philadelphia, Les Biffle hopefully passed the word that Kentucky's aging Senator Alben Barkley was the man on whom all could agree. But Presidential Agent Clark Clifford slipped into town and called a round of conferences. Democratic Chairman Howard McGrath assured him that the votes were there to nominate Douglas...
Like millions of other American girls, Frances Lillian Mary Ridste had a voracious hunger for happiness. Like millions of others, she was certain she knew the definition of that sad and elusive word. It meant being rich & famous. It meant having a big car and fine clothes. It meant having a shapely body, unashamedly shown. It meant being madly in love with a handsome man. It meant applause...
...companies ponied up its $10 million capital. The State Department smoothed the path to the Sheikh of Kuweit, joint owner with Saudi Arabia's Ibn Saud of the Arabian desert's "neutral zone," where Independent's oil concession lies. State also passed the word that Independent was its chosen instrument for the "neutral zone" oil lands. And Arabian American Oil Co., in neighboring Saudi Arabia, was ready to let Independent use the projected 1,100-mile pipeline to the Mediterranean...
Rayon or Estron? The issue in one case was the word rayon, a word used for years to describe the synthetic fabrics made from a cellulose base, chiefly by the viscose process. In the last 15 years, manufacturers have popularized another fabric which also has a cellulose base (cellulose acetate) but which differs from cellulose viscose - it doesn't iron as well, but resists shrinking better. To keep customers from getting mixed up, the manufacturers thought it should have a distinguishing name. FTC argued that this would only confuse the public, insisted that both fabrics be labeled rayon...