Word: scrap
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Washington believes there is only one way out for Britain-she must scrap her restrictive bilateral trade policies, produce more cheaply, and compete for all she is worth. That would mean a revolution of sorts in British industry and a sharp reduction in some of Labor's pet projects. It would also require efficient redeployment of British workers to industries where they are needed most; that would cause temporary unemployment. The hard fact is that Britain cannot whip herself into trim competitive shape without at least temporarily lowering her standard of living...
...five children for nine years by grubbing out popular science books. In the end, he saved enough money to realize a lifetime dream, buying a couple of sun-scorched, rocky acres on the outskirts of the town of Sérignan, in the department of Vaucluse. On this scrap of earth, which he fondly called his Eden, Henri Fabre settled down, at the age of 55, to the full-time pursuit of his life work: the study of living insects...
...hour and 50 minutes the brass consulted in Fontainebleau's "secret room." Main point of the discussions was what to do with the existing Western Union military organization (TIME, Aug. 1): scrap it for a new overall Atlantic Treaty setup, expand it to include all Atlantic Treaty countries, or make it one of four regional defense groups under an Atlantic Defense Committee? Presumably the Americans also heard arguments on the long-standing dispute between the British and French on whether or not the European continent could be defended against possible Russian attack...
...word telegram, Jersey City's ex-Boss Frank Hague demanded that the Newark News scrap a series of articles on his life which began this week. "A newspaper such as yours," he fumed, ". . . should never undertake to publish the story of my life without my express consent ... I have served 34 years as the head of the Jersey City government and I dare your newspaper to publish one dishonest act of mine ... or point to one breath of scandal or dishonesty in my administration." The News went right on with the Hague biography...
Latinos were in no rush to sign up. Said José Mariano Espinoza y Grande, a Mexico City scrap-iron dealer: "I haven't the money, and I wouldn't buy the title [Conde de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe y Peñasco] from Franco if I did have it." Miguel de Rul y Palma, who lives off Mexican real estate and is eligible to be called the Conde de la Valenciana, made it clear that he admired Franco "in all his aspects. But," he added, "I am not paying for the title...