Word: nearest
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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William Stuart Symington, 49, is chief of staff for U.S. home-front mobilization, the nearest thing to its boss. As chairman of the National Security Resources Board, his responsibility, though not his authority, stretches across the spectrum of the U.S. economy. But he has a staff of only 300 and, in bureaucracy's jargon, he only "coordinates" the work of seven Cabinet members, refereeing their arguments rather than dictating to them. Still, in a mobilization pinch, Symington can move in as President Truman's personal representative, twist arms and bang more heads together than could...
...democracy or you don't ... I wouldn't consider myself capable of handling my job as a security inspector if, because of my color, I had to be treated differently." Result: everyone else in town either went shaggy or drove 34 miles to Santa Fe and the nearest pair of clippers...
...second later, panic-stricken Gaines was streaking across the field, his gasoline-soaked clothes a flaming torch. His friends managed to halt his flight, put out the flames and got him to the truck. No one else knew how, so Gaines himself had to drive 40 miles to the nearest hospital, a 42-bed affair maintained by the Bureau of Indian Affairs...
...Nearest thing to a who's who consensus...
...suspect that someone is following you, walk past the nearest police station. When the plainclothesman nears the station, turn back in time to meet him at the entrance, seize him and take him inside. Explain to the police officer in the station that you've arrested the detective and demand that he be punished...