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Word: acted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...special dispensation of King Neptune himself, assisted by Captain Robert Lee Dennison, the initiation of pollywogs was postponed until the Missouri's return trip across the equator, so that President Truman and his staff might get into the act...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 13, 1947 | 10/13/1947 | See Source »

Truman: It doesn't seem we can get the money any other way, Sam. Congress has got to act...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Well, You Decide | 10/13/1947 | See Source »

...Slave Law." As the convention began all this wealth, power and ballyhoo was committed to relentless war on the Taft-Hartley Act...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: The Man from Hardscrabble Hill | 10/13/1947 | See Source »

Exaggeration and ancient ham devices make up the first act of the play, and most of the second, with a little interpolated social conscience thrown in. After that comes a slow build-up to the curtain line, which almost makes up for the rest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 10/10/1947 | See Source »

Council Will Act...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hungary Bids for Seminar | 10/9/1947 | See Source »

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