Word: working
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...there was 78-year-old George William Norris of Nebraska, the great crescents of his eyebrows black as ever, his stomach for a scrap still keen, though he often repeated: "My work is done." In the Senate sat six men each of whom hopes that, this time next year, he may be President-Garner of Texas, Wheeler of Montana, Taft of Ohio, Vandenberg of Michigan, Bridges of New Hampshire, Clark of Missouri. In the House at least two men had such hopes; Bankhead of Alabama, Martin of Massachusetts...
Last year, 30 days after the opening of Session I, Senate Leader Alben Barkley of Kentucky complained that the Congress had nothing to do. Three months later the Senate was still taking three-day recesses for want of work. As usual, in the last two or three weeks, Session I jammed through the entire legislative program in a last-minute, lickety-split finish...
Story was that, unless Chairman Dies agreed, a minority report would be issued that would make more difficult another appropriation from Congress to continue the Committee's work. Chairman Dies's secretary signed for him. Popular was the final version; general was the belief that the money would be forthcoming. But it was no triumph for Chairman Dies* (although Father Coughlin's Social Justice mentioned him for President), no triumph for Mr. Voorhis. If Chairman Dies could write no such report, neither could idealistic Mr. Voorhis battle through such an investigation. Triumph was for democratic government that...
...bear the brunt of Dartmouth's sprint attack are unknown but reputedly potent quantities; hence the Crimson mentor, somewhat short in top-notch 50 and 100 men, must conserve swimmers of the calibre of Art Bosworth, Frannie Powers. Jim Curwon, and Cutler all of whom are men-of-all-work in the free-style races...
With seven minutes gone the score stood 7 to 3 in favor of the Blue team, and from there it went to 10 to 5. At this point, Buckley got to work, and tightened the score up until the Lions had only a one point margin with four minutes to go in the 20-minute half. and then Rothschild put the Crimson into the lead momentarily. A flurry of scoring closed the half with...