Word: acted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...saying a word were the five words from Bingham on this matter yesterday afternoon. Meanwhile the hero of the piece could scarcely be reached while in the act, so it would seem, of returning to the Mud First State by rail...
...hand, are less mysterious and more dangerous. Though they are worshiped as goddesses and damned as hellholes, bubbling craters are really just safety valves, through which molten rock (magma) under the earth's skin can blow off steam from time to time. Volcanoes can be depended on to act up every so often; since 79 A.D., when Pompeii and Herculaneum were first buried, old Vesuvius has popped off about once every generation...
...industry knew that the plan, if approved by the Department of Justice (which must waive prosecution under the Sherman Antitrust Act on such an industry agreement), would be only a stopgap. The shortage will soon get worse. The enormous demand for oil this year is expected to exceed the 1945 wartime peak by some 14%. Among the reasons: over 90% of the locomotives now on order are oil-burning; oil-burners are being installed in homes at a record clip, and farmers are mechanizing their farms at a record rate. Since 1938 U.S. per capita oil consumption has increased...
Last week, Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced measures that might make business at least share the blame: 1) an all-party committee of Parliament would look into profiteering; 2) there would be prosecutions "where necessary" under the Combines Investigation Act and Prices Board regulations. Despite promises to the contrary, many an astute political observer felt sure that the probe would turn into a Roman circus, with Liberal and CCF lions crunching the bones of business. The Financial Post sneered that the government had acted out of "A combination of political fear and old-fashioned peeve." Consumers would enjoy the show...
Theater Workshoppers will carry "Henry IV" to the Boston air waves this evening in the first roel of a three-night radio adaptation. The same cast which staged the play last fall will enact a shortened Act I and Act II over WHDH tonight at 9:35 o'clock. The remaining acts are scheduled for Thursday and Friday evenings...