Word: wrung
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Steffens' most noteworthy trait was his ability as an interviewer. From the hardest-boiled bosses he wrung the most astounding admissions. Modestly he explains his success by attributing it to a realization of his own sinfulness. Once he had stepped out of the reformer's attitude; "I was never again mistaken for an honest man by a crook. . . . The politicians . . . and the consciously corrupting business leaders have ever since acted with me upon the understanding that I was one of them. It facilitated my work; it explains much of my success in getting at the facts...
...nothing left to do, no further service he could perform for France, except to ride through the streets of U. S. cities in 1917, cheered to the echo, inspiring men to volunteer and fight for Democracy. Again last week the crowds of Paris saluted "Papa" Joffre, but in heart-wrung silence. They stood in a drizzling rain in Rue Oudinot, outside the hospital...
President Hoover's Christmas could be merry after all because last week he won his legislative fight with Congress, wrung from a reluctant and bickering Senate the bills he wanted for Drought and Unemployment relief (see p. 8). It was late when the measures reached the White House for signing. Only two newscamera-men had remained on the chance of getting a picture. When they were ushered into his office, the President raised his head, smiled broadly, asked: "Well, only two photographers...
...cabinets of Sevres and Meissen ("Dresden") porcelain, jeweled watches, Battersea enamel, signed furniture from the great French ebenistes, a priceless series of tapestries from cartoons by Boucher, and the gem of the collection, "The Burgomaster's Daughter" by Lucas Cranach. Impulsively, M. le President rushed forward and wrung the hand of the spry little old gentleman who had given all this to France. "Monsieur Tuck," said M. Doumergue, "this visit has been a real joy to me. Your latest munificence will perpetuate your name in the memory of a grateful France. Monsieur Tuck, we practically consider you a Frenchman...
...alight on Jersey's inland waters, loud was the protest of the men who build, sell and operate seaplanes and amphibians (TIME, Sept. 29). H. Stewart McDonald Jr., counsel for the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce, and John J. Redfield for Curtiss-Wright Corp. confronted the Board last fortnight, wrung from it a modification of the ruling in principle: Instead of being a blanket restriction, the rule shall apply only to Lake Hopatcong. Each application for water landings elsewhere will be considered on its merits. A member of the Board said that "companies and private owners of hydroplanes should develop...