Word: worn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...years ago, he used to take long hikes along the Hudson River Palisades, and wrote a New York Walk Book. He still chops wood, goes for long jaunts. A regular visitor at important medical meetings, Dr. Dickinson is usually seen with a pencil poised over a well-worn black notebook, looking intently at the speaker. He is not taking notes; he is sketching a profile...
Most people, however, took the rationing with great good humor, plotted how to include unrationed tablecloths, drapes, narrow ribbons in their couture. Looking forward to the worn ensembles, shiny elbows and frayed cuffs of the future, President Oliver Lyttelton of the Board of Trade sugar-coated the pill: "I know all the women will look smart. We men may look shabby. If we do, we mustn't be ashamed...
...Because of crashes and worn-out planes, the net increase was less than the total deliveries...
Instead they heard criticism which was generally vague, sometimes piddling. It was the kind of criticism which the Prime Minister could, and did, overwhelm with one of his resonant emotional appeals. Sometimes he was almost as gay as the blue-flowered hat worn by Mrs. Churchill in the gallery. There was constant laughter and tittering at the Prime Minister's sal lies. When it was all over, the House of Commons approved his policy by a vote of 447-to-3 (the House of Lords had given him a unanimous vote of confidence), and in quitting the chamber...
...when every 21-year-old who missed the first occasion will register for the draft. Franklin Roosevelt may well have signed the proclamation naming the day already, and if his sickness has prevented him, he will undoubtedly sign it his week. Ten days after the registration the well-worn goldfish bowl will again become the center of interest of thousand of eyes, and a new set of draftees will be well on their way to the potato peeling machines and the on-order tanks of our New Army...