Word: sidekick
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...chicken. In Omaha he conferred with practically every important Nebraska Democrat; at a political dinner he got in a sharp dig at appointment of Republicans to war agency jobs (a sore spot with many a Democratic veteran). In St. Louis he talked to ex-Mayor Bernard F. Dickmann and sidekick Robert Hannegan, whose local machine used to be one of the slickest in the party...
...knew they were going "somewhere"; tried to guess. West Pointer McClure's able sidekick, Major Joseph B. Phillips, left a Russian dictionary in plain view in his apartment. Most newsmen took the bait. Timesman Frank Kluckholn, guessing that an invasion of Norway and an offensive against the Germans in north Russia was in the offing, outfitted himself with woollies and a heavy overcoat. Apparently all the newsmen had the same idea: all departed (for North Africa) wearing winter uniforms. None took shorts...
...Harr! Harr! That's a lot of Baroni," said the Sage of Age to his consumptive sidekick, Wun Lung Gon, who had been making disparaging comments about the Harlow team. "Why, Harvard Towers way over Princeton. A Crimson victory appears Pearson the books...
Quiet. However rambunctious in the past, Cheyfitz gave not one peep after WLB's jolting decision. But his old sidekick, tough, grim-faced Alex Balint sounded off, lambasted the order as a "mistake," said that worker "morale has dropped from 100% to zero." Then the union surprised everybody, said it would not sanction any protest strike because "we fully realize it would only create disunity...
Criticism was sharp and hot against the men responsible for the program: Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, shipping tsar and his sidekick Rear Admiral Howard L. Vickery in the Maritime Commission. Critics inside the Administration gave up sniping, got down to the objective of getting leathery, salty "Jerry" Land out. They leveled three withering charges against the whole U.S. shipbuilding program: there was no real central control; there was a dismal lack of coordination; there had been an all-around failure to anticipate needs. They even had a candidate to take Jerry Land's place: the West Coast...