Word: proper
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Loyalty boards who subscribe to such nonsense might well read up on he mechanics of the Communist trial to find out what are proper procedures for trying American citizens. It is true that a Loyalty Board is not a court of law. But since when is justice so closely confined...
...proper Bostonians withstood the shock well. So did Lever's astounded office workers. Much less pleased were the seven Manhattan advertising agencies who will soon have one of their most important clients camping right on their doorstep. Said Chuck Luckman with his best Pepsodent smile: "We're going to drive them like hell...
...coming thing in continental transportation, however, is hitch-hiking. It apparently came in with the G.I's. Its local name is "auto-stop," and differs from the U. S. variety in that it is considered impolite to stick out one's thumb. The proper method is to hold out the whole arm, bout at the elbow. Even girls can hitch-hike without eyebrows being raised...
...value of the proper environment for learning must never be underestimated. Even with a dull lecturer, one can sleep much more effectively if the chair is comfortable...
...sentiments. In later years he was not to waste much time with such "silly longings." As portrayed in Isaac Deutscher's painstakingly researched and austerely written biography, Stalin has spent most of his life cultivating a steel fagade and suppressing any public sign of human frailty or fraternity-proper training for a modern dictator with pretentions to omniscience...