Word: spurred
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Asian Tito. Therefore, argue the advocates of recognition-many of them in the U.S. State Department, which is still trying to figure out a U.S. policy for Asia-the Chinese Communists ought to be officially acknowledged as China's rulers, get some form of U.S. assistance to spur a break with Moscow. Last week London's shrewd Economist analyzed the premises on which this argument is based, found them extremely shaky. The Economist's analysis gave sharp warning that the China Reds represent a clear and present danger to the West. Excerpts...
Enlistment Spur...
Vinson said over the weekend that the Administration would doubtless ask for an extension on the ground that the law served as a spur to voluntary enlistment. "But they haven't got a chance in the world of getting it," he said. "There is no justification...
...added spur was a four weeks' "Dress Yourself" contest. Salesmen got clothing prizes (ties, shirts, etc.) depending on what they sold, with the top prize a suit. At meetings once a week, salesmen could wear only what they had won. At the first meeting, some were barely decent. Last week. Joske's totted up results of the contest. In a month, $232,000 worth of Frigidaires had been sold-and 20 suits given out. Since the campaign started, Joske's has sold $750,000 worth, more than most big stores sell in a year...
...alas, the coming of the gasoline engine has removed the living spur to expressive, non-blasphemous profanity until now only a pale substitute survives-the words are remembered but the music has been lost...