Word: master
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...that if Mr. Hull today were to be given his choice of the Presidency or the success of his program, he would unhesitatingly choose the latter. No higher tribute could be paid a U. S. politician in an election year. That No. 1 appraiser of U. S. selfishness, Post master General James A. Farley, once said: ". . . Cordell Hull is the most unselfish man I ever met." Agreement Disagreement. The saint like man in the blue serge suit, whose only physical exercise is occasional putting-practice, an occasional game of croquet, has long been an adept in the most torturing...
...during 1940 would be $5,931,000,000, to be raised by a series of loans. First loans will be spent on planes, tanks and three 30,000-ton battleships. "We must push mechanical construction to the extreme." keynoted the Premier, "for in modern war the machine is master...
...Knut Posse was a 15th-Century warrior of the pro-Sweden party. In 1495 he became master of Viipuri Castle, whence he led a historic battle against the Russians. In 1500, Russians slew...
Novelist Maxim Gorky was a good friend of Stalin, but perhaps his dearest friends were Commissar for Heavy Industry Grigori Konstantinovich Ordjonkidze and Soviet Executive, Committee Secretary Avel Yenukidze. Ordjonkidze died "of a heart attack," Yenukidze before a firing squad. Defense Commissar Voroshilov has enjoyed the master's friendship and lived longer than anybody. Best pal of late years is said to be Leningrad Party Boss Andrei Alexandrovich Zhdanov, regarded as Stalin's heir. Last week rumors flew thick & fast that Comrade Zhdanov was on the skids. His birthday testimonial to Stalin failed to see the light...