Word: gist
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...priests and laymen of the Roman Catholic faith." She described Cardinal Mindszenty as "the center and the symbol of resistance during the Nazi occupation" and added: "There is no excuse for the action that has been taken by the [Hungarian] government." On Jan. 18 she reported the gist of a letter she had had from an editor (whom she did not name) who "claims that the Cardinal is a reactionary, if not a fascist and a notorious anti-Semite . . . Certainly," she added, "I am in no position to say whether the facts, as sent to me by this...
Last week, after studying all the arguments, the FCC made up its mind, issued a 13-page "clarification" and "reexamination" of its views. The gist of the tortured Government prose: news broadcasts may "include the identified expression of the licensee's personal viewpoint...
...asylum when the ship reached Communist-dominated Poland. Faced with these arguments, the boarding party retreated. Three hours later it was back., This time the Scotland Yard man not only had a warrant for Eisler's arrest but also a tough cablegram from the U.S. State Department. Its gist: the U.S. might seize the vessel, and kick the Gdynia America Line out of New York if the captain didn't listen to reason...
Between conferences with staff officers, intelligence briefing on the disastrous China situation and talks with Japanese politicians, General MacArthur occasionally finds time to receive a visitor from the States. On these occasions, MacArthur speaks with sweeping eloquence about the great U.S. experiment in Japan. The gist of his discourse...
...fast, nonstop nationalization of British industries. Last week it was apparent that the Bevan group had given some ground to the go-slow faction headed by Herbert Morrison. Labor issued the first draft of the platform on which it hopes to be re-elected next year, and the gist was that the Socialist bicycle would move forward at a greatly reduced rate of speed...