Word: unexpectedness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Just after filing his monopoly report last week, up for reappointment came Commissioner Brown. He faced unexpected opposition. New Hampshire's blatant Senator Tobey ignored his party line to belabor a fellow Republican. Equipped with a portfolio crammed with documents, Tobey bellowed a demand for facts concerning a "wild...
It was a fighting speech, more powerful and more determined than any he had delivered since the war began. It was a speech of decision, with none of the ambiguities that had marked his words on neutrality. It was eloquent: "On this tenth day of June, 1940, in this university...
That thrifty, busy studio, whose staple is westerns and whose fingers are close to the popular pulse, had a hunch. They decided to make a war picture, and thought of Elsie Janis. They also ran into unexpected opposition. In 1939 war did not seem as much fun to Actress Janis...
Unexpected was the first slip's message: aging (70), sentimental Pierre Samuel du Pont, who was seated at the head of the long, oval, mahogany table, had resigned as chairman of the board. Granddaddy of the Du Pont clan, he had been with the company for almost 50 years...
The Tiger crew, riding high after its unexpected win over Navy two Saturdays ago, has turned into a real threat this season and will undoubtedly give the more experienced Crimson eight a tough battle all the way with a good chance of scoring an upset victory.