Word: worded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...independence of all peoples. On the rare occasions when it had had to act, practice had not always followed precept. Last week in San Francisco, the U.S. Secretary of State announced that the U.S. now preferred, in discussing the ultimate disposition of colonies or areas under trusteeship, the word "self-government" to the word "independence." The U.S. thus sided with Great Britain and France, against Russia and China, who had wanted UNCIO to go on record as favoring independence...
...Americans. Secretary of State Stettinius was the conference's energetic general manager. His delegation was surprisingly harmonious, although Senators Vandenberg and Connolly never let anyone forget that the U.S. Senate would have the last word. Tom Connally took a back seat. Arthur Vandenberg worked hard and influentially ; even State Department career men who do not like him admitted that he was "ceasing to be unhelpful...
...word was forthcoming from University Hall on the possibility of renewing the one-day holidays which were cancelled near the beginning...
Mateo Ruiz's word to Goodyear last week was that Jie expects production to soar, now that Zamboanga has been retaken by MacArthur's troops. It would help considerably, he said, if Goodyear would send him an outboard motor: it was needed to replace the rotted sail on the small boat used to collect food and coconut oil on Sibuguey Bay. Also, Manager Ruiz anxiously hoped that Goodyear officials would understand another item: due to inflation in the Philippines it had been necessary for him to raise his salary-to $150 a month...
...week, newsmen reported that the Ford plant at Cologne, which had somehow escaped destruction by bombing, was back in production for a while, at least. From German-made parts and stock on the shelves, workmen were turning out close to ten light trucks a day. ¶ From Moscow came word that one of Russia's titanic tank plants would be reconverted to mass-produce a luxury passenger automobile for better-heeled Soviet citizens...