63 years ago this week, Franklin D. Roosevelt did something he had done 15 times before: back in 1944, after escalating tension between the executive branch and the Montgomery Ward home office, he directed the Attorney General to seize private property in order to aid in—and we quote from the executive order—the successful prosecution of the war. (来源：EnglishCN.com)

After doublechecking with their higher-ups, two lawmen (MP's) picked up and carried the non-cooperative (and deskbound) Sewell Avery, chairman of Montgomery Ward, from his executive offices down the elevator and out to the Chicago streets. Chairman Avery's self-worth wasn't threatened; he climbed into his waiting limousine and the story—never top-secret—made the wire service.

Avery railed against governmentese, and, absent plans for longterm federal management, regained control of the retail giant a few weeks later while unions, workers, management, and the feds battled over a strike that could have affected wartime needs.

So what is the word connection of this decades-old story? Just this: the same year Sewell Avery was carried out under protest, the words doublecheck, and deskbound, self-worth and lawman, top-secret and wire service all made their print debuts. 1944 was also the birth year of governmentese, escalate and the preposition absent.