Word: acted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There were demands for energetic action. One voice raised was that of ex-Secretary of State Jimmy Byrnes. He urged immediate re-enactment of Selective Service, the building of a powerful new Air Force, a flat declaration to the Russians that the U.S. would act immediately in the event of further aggression. Cried Byrnes: "Are we prepared to meet a world crisis...
...first-year appropriation to $4 billion. Then, at five minutes past the next midnight, 31 Republicans joined 38 Democrats to approve the Economic Cooperation Act, 69 to 17, in just about the form in which Vandenberg had originally proposed it (TIME, March 1). Bob Taft, who had a train to catch, did not even stay for the final vote-he was paired...
...wonder, then, that "Don Giovanni" has earned its rank as first among operas. Fritz Busch, another grand old name around the Met, did a magnificent job with his orchestra. Particularly commendable was his handling of the dance scene in Act II, when three small on-stage orchestras are playing a waltz, a gavotte, and a minuet, all combined with the pit orchestra in an ingenious contrapuntal pattern. Opera orchestras are not always as skillful as they might be, but this week has shown no deficiencies along that line...
...provide the key to the situation it is difficult to see how the President's program would accomplish its aims. What will United States military force be able to achieve if, for example, Italy actually elects a government controlled by Communists? Will we fight? If we determine to act in this manner hope for peace will in effect vanish. One will wonder if we have done any line-drawing or bluff-calling...
...ever-expanding group of Dunster residents has been stirring up the morass of inactivity that has characterized the House system in recent years. Terming itself an "Extra-Curricular Affairs Committee," the Dunster organization is providing a basis for House clubs devoted to anything from rhumba to chess. The Committee acts as a headquarters for men who have these special interests, and engages others to act as informal instructors...