Word: pursuits
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...extend to each employee at Harvard University a cordial invitation to join with over sixteen million American workingmen in pursuit for higher wages, improved working conditions and our just share in the prosperity of the nation...
...Dave for even the toughest teamster. Reason: testimony plainly showed that Dave 1) used the Teamsters, whenever it suited his money-hungry whims, as a useful adjunct to Dave Beck's business enterprises, and 2) cheated the widow of an honored union official in his relentless pursuit of a few easy bucks...
...Oelman finished at Dartmouth summa cum laude in 1931, spent 18 months in Europe as a graduate student, came home to a $12.50-a-week N.C.R. file-clerk job, soon shifted to advertising and promotion, became Allyn's assistant in 1942, and later his globe-trotting aide in pursuit of foreign trade. Together Allyn and Oelman spend six months a year abroad boosting foreign sales (in 100 countries), which now account for 40% of the company's business. Last week Allyn reported that N.C.R. sales, which have increased from $40 million to $340 million under his regime...
...policeman fingered his chin. Should he take the thing to jail or to the city dump? And then all at once it started running. In an instant the entire police force was in hippopotamous pursuit. Horses bolted; pedestrians bounced like skittles. But just as the long arm of the law was on his shoulder, the fugitive took a flying leap at the tummy of a startled fat lady. As he hit head first, her midriff split up the middle and swung inward like saloon doors. The fugitive plunged through-and disappeared...
...Refuge must be refused to persons fleeing from the pursuit of the legitimate agents of the local government. In case such persons have been admitted to the diplomatic or consular premises, they must be either surrendered or dismissed from the mission or consular office...