Word: acted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...concern that its own action might add to the box-office appeal of the picture, and at no time complained that matters were being delayed. At my request, Judge Stephen Jackson, who is assistant to Joseph Breen, director of the Motion Picture Code Authority, came on from Hollywood to act as an impartial negotiator. I also had Otto Preminger, director of the picture, fly on from California as soon as I received word of the Legion's action, and he participated in discussions on possible changes...
Artillery. Republican Congressmen listened to the President in frigid silence. In Harry Truman's 43 minutes on the Speaker's rostrum, G.O.P. applause spattered forth only twice: when he promised to enforce the Taft-Hartley Act, when he urged "strong armed forces." After it was over, one newsman noted: "They had to cut a hole in the ice to get him out of the Chamber...
...Merchant of Venice, Act III Scene...
...decided on somewhat dubious grounds that the 14th Amendment was meant to protect only those rights that stem from national citizenship, and that most basic civil rights are contingent upon state citizenship. The Court was disposed not to protect civil rights unless they were infringed upon by an official act of a state government--a rare occurrence...
...made here but only by sacrificing the long-run interest of the nation to the desire of the majority of Congress to carry a "good record" into the November elections. The remaining 2.7 percent provides for conservation and price supports for agricultural products, education, enforcement of the Taft-Hartley Act, strike mediation, and housing...