Word: worded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...from one Jewish group came a reminder and a word of warning. The small, anti-Zionist American Council for Judaism, headed by Lessing J. Rosenwald, art collector and philanthropist, pointed out: "The State of Israel is not the state or homeland of 'the Jewish People.' To Americans of Jewish faith it is a foreign state. Our single and exclusive national identity is to the United States. American citizens have no right to participate in the political life of the State of Israel except through the proper agencies and procedures of the [U.S.] Government...
...second longest sit-down in U.S. labor history. But when handsome Stuart Symington (now Secretary of the Air Force) took over as Emerson's president, labor relations began to settle down. Symington and Sentner sized each other up; each found the other a forthright, levelheaded man of his word. Working together, they put into effect a successful labor-management plan and a profit-sharing program. Emerson, swollen to 11,000 workers, was one of the few big plants in St. Louis to come through the war without labor trouble...
...unsuspecting radio listener (say, on Mars) who happened to tune in on the Earth last week would have been struck by a peculiar hissing sound. It was a form of static caused by the word "peace" being fervently repeated by millions from Minsk to Minneapolis. Contrary to what the listener might conclude, the phenomenon did not mean that peace was any nearer, or that anyone could relax. In fact, the more people sat back in the belief that peace on earth was just around the corner, the nearer the world would...