Word: widespread
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Registration for the peacetime draft-which many an American had once thought would bring widespread protests -ended last week. Except for some noisy picketing, it had stirred up no fuss at all. But it had helped bolster the Army before even a single man was inducted. It had upped recruiting to the highest point since the wartime draft ended...
...Happy Ending? Speaking for the whole industry, MGM's Dore Schary, formerly Mitchum's boss at RKO, pleaded with the public not to "indict the entire working personnel of 32,000 well-disciplined and clean-living American citizens." A widespread use of narcotics in the industry? "Shocking, capricious and untrue...
...young lordlings who take her dancing are enthusiastic about her. One appraisal: "She's a hell of a girl-real zing!" Speculation on her possible marriage is widespread in Britain. Current favorite: the Marquess of Blandford ("Sonny"), eldest son of the Duke of Marlborough; Sonny wears a tophat with as much éclat as his father brings to catching raspberries in his mouth (TIME...
...Mentioned. Communist political strategy, exploiting the widespread yearning for peace, played up the possibility of peace talks. But with the summer's military successes, the Communists' peace price has gone up. One Nationalist official quoted a pertinent old proverb: Neng chan neng ho-Only he who can fight can make peace. The men around Chiang, even Vice President Li, an outspoken critic of the Gimo, were too staunchly anti-Communist to let China be swallowed by the Reds...
...effects of this strategy would be widespread. FTC says that there are 191,907 companies which use basing points. As industry's bellwether, Big Steel had set a pattern which thousands would follow. As a result, U.S. consumers might soon have to pay more for a whole lot of things -for furniture, oil, machinery, paper and hundreds of other items...