Word: 144th
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dwight Eisenhower's 146th veto message whirred through the White House Mimeograph machine one morning last week before Congress had even sent him the bill to be rejected: the $1.2 billion rivers and harbors appropriation, almost exactly the same old vote-catching "pork barrel" smashed by the 144th veto two weeks earlier. This time, Ike knew, Democrats were dead certain that they could muster the necessary two-thirds to override-and end-the remarkable string of unbeaten Eisenhower vetoes...
Schneider's Silver Cornet Band will open its 144th somewhat consecutive season at 3 p.m. tomorrow afternoon on the banks of the Charles...