Word: neveral
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Jackson (pop. 60,000) has never been a rich town. In the best times, most of its people make less than $3,500 a year. Its chief industries are automobile parts and railroading. There have been layoffs at the machine shops, some of them seasonal, some of them not. Then the New York Central laid off 450 all at one crack, part of 8,100 furloughed all along the line. Chewing on an old pipe, retired farmer "Granpa" Burkett declared: "That was the straw that broke the camel's back. Up to that point, people were saying that things...
...title used loosely for such roving diplomats as the late Norman Davis and ECA's W. Averell Harriman, but never before submitted for senatorial confirmation...
...Cabinet rank (among them: judgeships, U.S. district attorneys, key postmasterships). Eventually he would probably take title officially from McGrath. His first goal: to buck for a big registration in 1950, to avoid the off-year election slump that usually hits the party in power. Says Boyle: "A big registration never worries me. I know there are more Democrats than there are Republicans...
...this side of the Iron Curtain was an occasion for stocking up on nylons, watches, lighters-all the paraphernalia of the bourgeois West. She was so awe-struck at the sight of Swedish abundance that she had bagged a handsome wool jacket without paying for it. "I've never seen such a beautiful thing before," she admitted. "I just couldn't resist...
...Tensely, the crowd waited for Zachariades to speak the ringing words that would reveal the road to destiny. But another voice came over the loudspeaker. Said Uncle John: "Comrade Zachariades has lost his wallet since entering the stadium. If anyone finds it, please bring it here." Uncle John was never able to lay hands on the wallet or the pickpocket...