Word: greening
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Tired of being the whipping boy of a lagging national defense program, last week labor rose to protest. Cried President William Green, the A. F. of L. stood "four square in support of the national defense program. We commit ourselves to avoid strikes. . . . We are ready to make any reasonable and necessary sacrifices...
President Roosevelt, busy with his own plans for reorganizing national defense, made no comment. But at week's end labor's Green & Murray were invited to an early conference at the White House...
Holly grows widely in Britain, so plenty of that was hung up last week, but there was none of the usual mistletoe from France, and bussing went on without it. One daring London shop did a good business selling white satin nighties with green mistletoe appliqued. British moppets openly scorned peacetime toys as "sissy" and responsive British parents bought plenty of dolls togged in gas decontamination suits for little girls, plenty of toy war equipment for lads...
...fabulous bushy red eyebrows. From his office window he keeps a sharp eye on the campus, often roars commands across the green at boisterous lower-formers. The story goes that only once did the Doc's roars fail to achieve their intended effect. A kitchen worker ran amok through the Middle House one morning, brandishing a cleaver. When the man paid no heed to the Doc's bellowing, Dr. Hume took off his coat, knocked the fellow down, sat on his chest and calmly told his pupils to call the police...
...GREEN WAS MY VALLEY-Richard Llewellyn-Macmillan...