Word: grabbed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...advanced, some men turned their backs. He managed to grab the hands of a few and ducked into the Democratic cloakroom. Then he reappeared in the rear of the Chamber, sucking on a cigar, and shook hands with Tennessee's old spoilsman, Kenneth McKellar. The arena was noisy with confusion. On the rostrum Senate Secretary Leslie Biffle banged the little ivory block on the desk of the presiding officer and convened the Senate of the 80th Congress...
...morning-after edition, the Union (25,000), as the springboard from which the late Frank Knox bounded to the big time and the Chicago Daily News. Prim and profitable, the Leader has never bothered to put out a Sunday paper, has been content to let Boston dailies grab off most of the morning circulation in town...
...would suffer from the inflationary boost given the country's economy by such action. All too many veterans are attempting to justify their requests for more money by the shallow assertion that now that the country has "had enough" and seems about to return to unfettered laissez-faireism, the grab bag is open, and it is every man for himself. But this is still one nation, and an intelligent, progressive program for the future can be carried through only if all groups work for the greatest good of the greatest number, even in the face of imaginary or actual temporary...
...extra. In towns where toilet paper was short it was only necessary to haunt hotel washrooms to get a pocketful of the stuff. Housewives in New York's suburban Westchester County maintained espionage networks, reporting to each other the arrival of chain-store trucks, and got first grab. Although it was always correct to tip, when in doubt, it was often possible to become a preferred customer simply by beaming at the high prices. And if you knew the right man in the right line anything was possible...
...Eversharp had passed Parker Pen Co. and Sheaffer, and had an ace up its sleeve to grab off the brand new ballpen market. The ace: the North and Central American rights to the Biro patents, for which it had laid out $500,000 (TIME...