Word: requested
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...turn might well cause price dislocations . . . interruptions to production might ensue." Steel workers themselves "would run the risk of losing more than they had gained." Said the board: "In general, it seems desirable at this time to stabilize the level of wage rates . . . the union [should] withdraw its request for a general increase in rates...
...waiting, both the prisoner and the staff get thoroughly tired of playing cards, chess, etc., and the provision of wireless would be a boon . . . With careful selection suitable programs could be tuned into." At week's end the Home Office, which supervises British prisons, still had the request under consideration...
...went to the paddock for his first race since he was retired with a cracked sesamoid bone 14 months ago. After finishing dead last, Stymie was still cheered. In keeping with the quaint custom at New York tracks, the boos were for Jockey Eddie Arcaro, who rode My Request, the winner...
...frayed telegram on Menke's cabin wall. Dated 1925, it was an urgent request from Novelist Edna Ferber for the Goldenrod's schedule. Suspecting that she was a spy for a rival boat, Menke snubbed the message, leaving her to gather most of her local color for Show Boat on a competing vessel, the Cotton Blossom...
Last week, at the President's request, White House Troubleshooter John R. Steelman designated nine such areas: New Bedford and Worcester, Mass., Waterbury and Bridgeport, Conn., Providence, R.I.,Utica-Rome, N.Y., Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Muskegon, Mich, and Knoxville, Tenn...