Word: worsted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week when Boeing employees voted to choose a bargaining agent, the aero mechanics won, 8,107 to 4,127. Dave Beck, in his own home town, had taken the worst licking of his zooming career...
Because the alumni allotment has not been assigned yet, persons asking for extra tickets were given them in the worst possible position. Lunden advised waiting until the end of the week before purchasing extra tickets, when better locations would be offered...
British sewing circles went into a tizzy when a news photograph of Princess Elizabeth's private desk showed an ash tray and what looked like a cigarette box. The London Daily Express speculated whether the princess smoked in secret. Ready to believe the worst, a crestfallen spokesman for the National Society of Non-Smokers announced: "The society isn't downhearted, of course; we just have to work harder...
Though she is moving into her new job at a time when textilemen are having rough going, she thinks the worst is over as far as Stroock's is concerned. Profits dropped 11% in its last fiscal year, but for this fall sales were 73% above last year - at least partly because of her plugging of Stroock's famed vicuna, kashmir, llama, alpaca and other exotic fabrics. Explains Mrs. Murphy: "We haven't invented any new animals. We've just made the old ones popular by hard work...
...worst punishment that can be meted out in cases of this kind, according to Bender, is severance from the College. Unlike expulsion, this means that the men can be readmitted to Harvard. The least measure, he said, would probably be probation, although a few students may escape punishment completely...