Word: pinching
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...program would probably be cheaper than the dole-and-relief work but it has two main disadvantages: a) economically it might tend to throw some workers in private enterprise out of their jobs; b) politically it would arouse a storm of conservative opposition from manufacturers who feel the pinch of direct government competition...
...broken up into small residential colleges on the English plan. Last autumn his idea became a reality. Each upperclassman was required to eat at least ten meals per week, at $5.50, in his college. For $2.50 more he could have all his meals there. Fraternity treasuries felt the pinch as members dropped away from dining rooms, their chief sources of income. Mortgage payments came hard, and so did the fat sums which every local chapter pays into its national headquarters. Fraternity ties, never overly strong, grew weaker as Yalemen found friends among their college-mates...
...Manhattan theatre Louis Moni could not resist the temptation to pinch a shapely leg beside him. For molesting a policewoman, the owner of the leg arrested and jailed Louis Moni...
...Chicago. This summer Gosden, a native of Richmond, and the one who takes the most parts, is taking his wife and children to Alaska. Correll, one-time bricklayer in Peoria, is going to take his wife to Europe. Frank (''Bring 'Em Back Alive") Buck will pinch hit on the Pepsodent hour until autumn...
...Exchange Control bill now in conference between House and Senate), a bill for the control of oil production, a bill to set up a $200,000,000 corporation to finance the Administration's home renovation program (TIME, May 21). But even with these measures the President in a pinch was willing to part rather than let Congress wrangle on into the deep waters of doubtful legislation...